Young Archimedes

Young Archimedes: Short story by Aldous HuxleyThis tragic story from Aldous Huxley is about an English family renting a secluded Italian villa. When their young son is befriended by Guido, the son of a farm-worker, his father notices that in addition to being musically gifted, Guido has the makings of a math prodigy. While the family are holidaying in the Swiss Alps the childless, status-seeking wife of their landlord tricks Guido’s father into letting her take the boy away for musical instruction. The selfish woman tells Guido a terrible lie, with tragic results. Themes: greed, genius, family, class, social status, manipulation, abandonment, suicide.

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  1. Sad… The landlord ‘s wife is greedy and heartless to the core, not sayntli at allí ½í²?í ½í±?💣

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