Huxley’s short stories are very academic while criticising the intellectual, very high-culture while criticising the pompous, and very nostalgic while criticising the sentimental. They have whimsical characters despite tragic stories.
A true contrarian.
He is of course most famous for his dystopian novel *Brave New World|https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/huxleya-bravenewworld/huxleya-bravenewworld-00-e.html*. But read his short story *The Bookshop|/onlinereader/the-bookshop* and you will see that he has more to offer.