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Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley, Science Fiction, Classics, Literary (Hardcover)
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Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley, Science Fiction, Classics, Literary (Hardcover)
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The "Crome" of this novel's title is an English Country House in
which most of the action occurs. Aldous Huxley's first novel,
"Crome Yellow," was published in 1921, and, as a comedy of manners
and ideas, its relatively realistic setting and format may come as
a surprise to fans of his later works such as "Point Counter Point"
and "Brave New World." Some who know only "Brave New World" may not
know that as a 16-year-old planning to enter medicine, Aldous
Huxley was stricken by a serious eye disease which left him
temporarily blind, and which derailed what certainly would have
been a prominent career as a physician or scientist. "Crome Yellow"
has often been called "witty," as well as "talky," and it certainly
owes as much to "Vanity Fair "as it may, surprisingly to some, owe
to "Tristram Shandy," although one might think that characters such
as Mr. Barbecue-Smith and his remarkable writing theories could
have some literary antecedents in Lawrence Sterne. Denis Smith, the
protagonist of "Crome Yellow," attempts to cross wits with the
denizens of Crome, particularly Mr. and Mrs. Winbush and the
remarkable Mr. Barbecue-Smith -- in pursuit of a star-crossed love,
and in the face of another girl who possibly loves him.
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