Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley

Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley

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Episodes 30
Avg. Duration 10m
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Since Dec 2025
Latest Episode Jan 2026

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A shy, introverted young poet. A weekend in a magnificent English country house. A beautiful young lady whom the poet is secretly in love with. An assorted group of guests with varied interests, motives, ambitions and aspirations, and the complex web of history and events that connect all of them. Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley was his first book, published in 1921, when he was just 27 years old. It is typical of many books written during this period by writers like Thomas Love Peacock and Somerset Maugham, centered round a country mansion and the quaint, British tradition of being invited to spend a weekend with a group of people whom one may or may not know. Crome Yellow is a novel of manners rather than plot and depends more on its style and characterization for its appeal. It is a precursor to Huxley's brilliant novel Brave New World and indeed some of the characters in this book appear in his other books too, albeit in different avatars. The young poet, Denis Stone, is invited by Henry Wimbush, the owner of Crome, the lovely country house in rural England. He accepts the invitation mainly because he knows that Anne Wimbush, Henry's niece, will also be there. She is four years older than Denis and sees him as a bit of a wimp, but knows that he is in love with her. She has almost made up her mind to accept him if she proposes. The other guests include an artist, Gombauld, a hearing-impaired young lady who buries herself in books to avoid interacting with people, a pompous journalist, a cynic, a philanderer and a vicar and his wife. Henry Wimbush is engaged in writing a history of his home, while his wife is addicted to gambling. This bunch of characters thrown together and the events that follow their intermingling with each other, form the plot of the book. Aldous Huxley's sparkling and witty style is evident in his debut novel. Crome is supposedly a portrayal of Garsington Manor, the home of Lady Ottoline Morrell, a famous beauty and renowned hostess to such greats as TS Eliot, Yeats, Bertrand Russell and others. Huxley's satirical depiction of the typical country house weekend is indeed amusing and thought-provoking. Modern-day readers may find the customs and traditions of pre-War England quaint. Many of the people in the book are “stock” characters found in many English novels of the time making Crome Yellow a delightful parody of the life and times of the 1920s. An interesting read!

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Chapter 01

Jan 02, 2026 7m

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Chapter 02

Jan 01, 2026 13m

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Chapter 03

Dec 31, 2025 12m

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Chapter 04

Dec 30, 2025 12m

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Chapter 05

Dec 29, 2025 9m

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Chapter 06

Dec 28, 2025 16m

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Chapter 07

Dec 27, 2025 9m

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Chapter 08

Dec 26, 2025 4m

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Chapter 09

Dec 25, 2025 19m

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Chapter 10

Dec 24, 2025 6m

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Chapter 11

Dec 23, 2025 12m

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Chapter 12

Dec 22, 2025 11m

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Chapter 13

Dec 21, 2025 32m

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Chapter 14

Dec 20, 2025 7m

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Chapter 15

Dec 19, 2025 7m

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Chapter 16

Dec 18, 2025 6m

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Chapter 17

Dec 17, 2025 18m

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Chapter 18

Dec 16, 2025 8m

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Chapter 19

Dec 15, 2025 32m

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Chapter 20

Dec 14, 2025 10m

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