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Book Description: The <I>Crome</I> of this novel's title is an English Country House in which most of the action occurs. Aldous Huxley's first novel, <I>Crome Yellow,</I> was published in 1921, and, as a comedy of manners and ideas, its relatively realistic setting and format may come as a surprise to fans of his later works such as <I>Point Counter Point</I> and <I>Brave New World.</I> Some who know only <I>Brave New World</I> may not know that as a 16 year old planning to enter medicine, Aldous Huxley was stricken by a serious eye disease which left him temporarily blind, and which derailed what certainly would have been a prominent career as a physician or scientist. <I>Crome Yellow</I> has often been called 'witty,' as well as 'talky,' and it certainly owes as much to <I>Vanity Fair </I>as it may, surprisingly to some, owe to <I>Tristram Shandy,</I> although one might think that characters such as Mr. Barbecue Smith and his remarkable writing theories could have some literary antecedents in Lawrence Sterne. Denis Smith, the protagonist of <I>Crome Yellow,</I> attempts to cross wits with the denizens of Crome, particularly Mr. and Mrs. Winbush and the remarkable Mr. Barbecue Smith in pursuit of a star crossed love, and in the face of another girl who possibly loves him.

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