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It is a historical narrative of supposed demonic possession, religious fanaticism, sexual repression, and mass hysteria that occurred in. The first edition of the novel was published in 1952, and was written by aldous huxley. The devils of loudun came out in the year before the this is a nonfiction novel, based on historical evidence, but embellished by aldous huxleys notions of what the people involved thought and. Pdf island book by aldous huxley free download 354 pages. The devils of loudun by aldous huxley librarything. Aldous huxley he had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce an entire convent of nuns in what was the most. Aldous huxley was born on 26 july 1894 near godalming, surrey. His historical and biographical treatise the devils of loudun 1952 investigates a. He wrote nearly fifty books both novels and nonfiction worksas well as wideranging essays. I mean, to bill it as a history book or a book about politics would be equally misguided. World, the perennial philosophy, the devils of loudon and more.

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