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What we can notice about Huxley's stories is that there is no happy married couple.

He was not a romantic, at least not in the literary meaning of the word. The sexual aspect of love is not important for him. All the relationships he describes in his writings, marital or not, are only leading to pain.

The men are often weak : Denis, in Crome yellow, doesn't manage to tell his feelings to Anne, and when he tries to, he's rejected and even laughed at.

In Brave New world, Bernard Marx and the Savage want the same woman, called Lenina. Though she is willing, they feel guilty about succumbing to their pulsions.

In the Genius and the Goddess, John Rivers loves his employeer's wife.

In Island, Will feels guilty for Molly's death. He thinks that putting an end to their relationship has led her to her car crash.

The feelings of jealousy and cruelty are often present too. For example, Walter Bildlake, in Point Counter Point, is subjected to humiliation by Lucy Tantamount, his mistress, when she tells him about her other lovers.

In Antic Hay, Casimir Lypiatt is sad because the woman he loves doesn't love him.

Men are not only weak, but also blind. Some of them don't notice their women are cheating on them. This is the case for Lord Edward Tantamount, in Point Counter Point, or Henry Marteens in the Genius and the Goddess.

Some of the women seem insensitive, like Mary in Crome Yellow, or Lucy Tantamount in Point Counter Point.

We can wonder why, a man who seemed happy in his private life, didn't write about one single happy couple. Maybe he had an ideal that he couldn't reach, and this bitterness was transcribed in his writings.