Crome Yellow
by Aldous Huxley
Taste attributes: comedydramaslowfresh & originalsimplelinearenclosedsocial commentarycomplex relationshiptroubled leads
Boxlist takeFresh and small-scale: a comic novel that is balanced on everything else. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: balanced · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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3.7 / 5
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About This Book
“Crome Yellow” by Aldous Huxley ; 1922 A young English poet, Denis Stone, is spending some time at Crome, an English estate and mansion of the Wimbush family. He is in love with Anne Wimbush, the niece of Henry Wimbush. The other guests include a few other writers, an artist, and it is in essence a small gathering of people who are also close friends. Denis has just started to write a novel.
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- Author
- Aldous Huxley
- Published
- 1921
- Pages
- 194
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