CROME YELLOW (Vintage Classics) - Softcover

Aldous Huxley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099461897 ISBN 13: 9780099461890

Publisher: VINTAGE (RAND), 2011

Synopsis

With an introduction by malcolm bradbury denis stone, a naive young poet, is invited to stay at crome, a country house renowned for its gatherings of bright young things his hosts, henry wimbush and his exotic wife priscilla, are joined by a party of colourful guests whose intrigues and opinions ensure deniss stay is a memorable one first published in 1921, crome yellow was aldous huxleys much-acclaimed debut novel

About this title

About the Author:

ALDOUS HUXLEY (18941963) was an English writer who spent the latter part of his life in the United States. Though best known for Brave New World, he also wrote countless works of fiction, non-fiction, poetry and essays. A humanist, pacifist and satirist, he wrote novels and other works that functioned as critiques of social norms and ideals. Aldous Huxley is often considered a leader of modern thought and one of the most important literary and philosophical voices of the 20th century.

From AudioFile:

Robert Whitfield's unabridged reading of Huxley's first novel is a triumph of one man's vocal capacities. Crome Yellow introduces many ideas Huxley would explore in fuller and more exact detail later, but Whitfield's vocal acrobatics in portraying the cast of characters assembled at an English country estate for a summer vacation in the 1920's makes for dazzling aural entertainment. Otherwise fatuous goings-on become intriguing shenanigans, and the characters' psychological portraits are rendered accurately through the unique voices Whitfield assigns them. With each change of the five cassettes, the listener is more captivated. H.L.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: VINTAGE (RAND)
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0099461897
• ISBN 13: 9780099461890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176