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 One of the greatest prose writers and social commentators of the 20th century, Aldous Huxley here introduces us to a delightfully cynical, comic, and severe group of artists and intellectuals engaged in the most free-thinking and modern kind of talk imaginable. Poetry, occultism, ancestral history, and Italian primitive painting are just a few of the subjects competing for discussion among the amiable cast of eccentrics drawn together at Crome, an intensely English country manor.(P)1998 Blackstone Audio Inc. Classics Funny

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" Crome Yellow, Huxley's first novel, is famous for its technique, ideas, and acute psychological descriptions." ( The Times, London)
"Robert Whitfield's unabridged reading of Huxley's first novel is a triumph of one man's vocal capacities....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." ( AudioFile)
"Robert Whitfield does it full justice and proves that he is now one of the best narrators in the business." ( Library Journal)
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Nothing astonishing about it but a pleasant read none the less. also most will have read brave new world which part of is hinted at.

A quaint little book

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Witty and amusing insight into post Great War attitudes and intellectual fashions. No plot, but very funny dialogue. A series of characters put forward their views and theories, many very similar to ideas of today. Wodehouse and Waugh fans can compare and contrast this depiction of a country house weekend. On my reading list for years, I'm so glad I caught up with it at last. The large number of clips I took out of it for later savouring indicates how much I enjoyed it.

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I laughed out loud several times. Excellent narration and story, a lot sillier than the other Huxley books I've read (Eyeless in Gaza and Brave New World) but still profound. You could even say it was "carminative"! That's an inside joke for thsoe who've listened to this gem. Also, Mr Barbecue-Smith is a very good name for a character. This audiobook really has cheered me up. I'm going to read The Island on my Kindle immediately or quite soon.

great narration

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Thoroughly enjoyable! The characters, the mark of the time on thought and life, depicted, now playful, now melancholic? but always with full colour, honesty and depth? and with such delightfully vivacious narration, it was a joy.

Glorious Crome!

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Particularly interesting if you are into the Garsington/Bloomsbury thing. Genuinely funny, and often absurd, and extremely well read by a perfect narrator.

Witty and intelligent

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