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Brief Candles is the fifth collection of short fiction written by Aldous Huxley, published in 1930. The book consists of three short stories and a novella.
Brief Candles takes its title from a line in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, from Macbeth's famous soliloquy:
Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player that struts and frets his hour upon the stage and then is heard no more: it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
Content
- "Chawdron"
- "The Rest Cure"
- "The Claxtons"
- "After the Fireworks", novella
Adaptations
Based on short story "The Claxtons":
- The Holy Family (1994), short film directed by Ulrich Weis
External links
- Brief Candles at Faded Page (Canada)
- Aldous Huxley at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Aldous Huxley at IMDb
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