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sun surfer · 01-15-2020, 11:46 PM

'On vacation from school, Denis goes to stay at Crome, an English country house inhabited by several of Huxley's most outlandish characters--from Mr. Barbecue-Smith, who writes 1,500 publishable words an hour by "getting in touch" with his "subconscious," to Henry Wimbush, who is obsessed with writing the definitive "History of Crome." Denis's stay proves to be a disaster amid his weak attempts to attract the girl of his dreams and the ridicule he endures regarding his plan to write a novel about love and art. Lambasting the post-Victorian standards of morality, Crome Yellow is a witty masterpiece that, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's words, "is too ironic to be called satire and too scornful to be called irony."'

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This is the MR Literary Club selection for January 2020 - the first of the new decade! - and this thread is for discussing it. We generally aim to finish reading the selection and discussing it in its entirety by around the end of the month, although we encourage discussing your thoughts during reading too. Everyone is welcome so feel free to start or join in the conversation at any time; the more the merrier!

01-15-2020, 11:46 PM	#1
sun surfer languorous autodidact ✦ Posts: 4,235 Karma: 44667380 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: smiling with the rising sun Device: onyx boox poke 2 colour, kindle voyage	Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley 'On vacation from school, Denis goes to stay at Crome, an English country house inhabited by several of Huxley's most outlandish characters--from Mr. Barbecue-Smith, who writes 1,500 publishable words an hour by "getting in touch" with his "subconscious," to Henry Wimbush, who is obsessed with writing the definitive "History of Crome." Denis's stay proves to be a disaster amid his weak attempts to attract the girl of his dreams and the ridicule he endures regarding his plan to write a novel about love and art. Lambasting the post-Victorian standards of morality, Crome Yellow is a witty masterpiece that, in F. Scott Fitzgerald's words, "is too ironic to be called satire and too scornful to be called irony."' Goodreads This is the MR Literary Club selection for January 2020 - the first of the new decade! - and this thread is for discussing it. We generally aim to finish reading the selection and discussing it in its entirety by around the end of the month, although we encourage discussing your thoughts during reading too. Everyone is welcome so feel free to start or join in the conversation at any time; the more the merrier!