Mortal Coils 2558881 221523062 2008-06-24T21:45:49Z Pegship 355698 stub sort [[Image:Mortalcoilsfasj.jpg|right|thumb]]'''''Mortal Coils''''' is a collection of five short fictional pieces written by [[Aldous Huxley]] in [[1922]]. The title uses a phrase from [[Hamlet]], Act 3, Scene 1: : ... To die, to sleep, :To sleep, perchance to dream; aye, there's the rub, :For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come, :When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, :Must give us pause ... The stories all concern themselves with some sort of trouble, normally of an amorous nature, and often ending with disappointment. ==The stories== *The first story, ''The Gioconda Smile'', involves a short murder story. *Next is ''Permutations Among the Nightingales'', a play concerning the amorous problems various patrons of a certain establishment encounter. *''The Tillotson Banquet'' tells of an old artist who was thought to be dead, and is "rediscovered", and an honorary dinner is organised for him. *''Green Tunnels'' is about the boredom of a young girl on holiday with her family. She develops a romantic fantasy, and is ultimately disillusioned. *''Nuns at Luncheon'' is a second hand story being told of a nun falling in love. The story mocks the writer's process, a concept [[Aldous Huxley|Huxley]] used in his ''[[Crome Yellow]]''. {{Huxley}} [[Category:1922 books]] [[Category:Short story collections by Aldous Huxley]] {{story-collection-stub}}