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Q3. When was it written/published?

It is a well known author, yes- in fact, this book is his most famous work. (His other books are equally depressing!).

Q1. It was written in 1948, although it was published the year after. Q2. It's a science-fiction dystopia novel (is that a genre?!)

Okay... Here goes nothing... "When we are omnipotent we shall have no more need for science. There will be no distinction between beauty and ugliness. There will be no curiosity, no enjoyment of the process of life. All competing pleasures will be destroyed. But always, always there will be the...

Sounds like Marvin the Paranoid Android to me... It's not Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy, is it?

That's The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, right? Ratty and Mole "messing about in boats"? How about: "One of the most celebrated and popular historical romances ever written, * tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman * and his three friends from the...

The premise sounds similar to The Black Magician trilogy by Trudi Canavan- maybe that's it?