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Crome Yellow

Crome Yellow

Crome Yellow is the first novel by British author Aldous Huxley, published in 1921. In the book, Huxley satirises the fads and fashions of the time. It is the story of a house party at Crome, a parodic version of Garsington Manor, home of Lady Ottoline Morrell, a house where authors such as Huxley and T. S. Eliot used to gather and write.


Aldous Huxley photo
Aldous Huxley photo

“… one reads, above all, to prevent oneself thinking.”

Source: Crome Yellow

Aldous Huxley photo

“The proper study of mankind is books.”

Source: Crome Yellow (1921), Ch. XXVIII

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