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Crome Yellow
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 5 hrs and 55 mins
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Critic reviews
"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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- richard2
- 02-02-22
Witty and intelligent
Particularly interesting if you are into the Garsington/Bloomsbury thing. Genuinely funny, and often absurd, and extremely well read by a perfect narrator.
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- Rowena
- 02-12-19
great narration
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.
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- Steven Emsley
- 26-01-24
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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- marie
- 23-12-12
Makes a change
Witty, humerous and sharp edged. The kind of thing that benefits from being read aloud particularly by a fast reader like me, as it made pay proper attention to all the lovely lines
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- Ehab
- 29-10-09
Glorious Crome!
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.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-02-21
He do the intellectuals in different voices
This is Huxley’s first novel. Set in a country house party after the Great War and read here expressively by Robert Whitfield. The plot is episodic and comic, satirical and sometimes touching. Denis is a would be writer in love with Anne who becomes involved with an artist Gombauld. Denis himself ignores the attentions of Mary, who is seduced by Ivor Lombard, who abandons her. In truth the plot is not much. This is a comedy of manners, which depicts the artists and intellectuals who stayed at Garsington. The craze for the occult, and the sardonic views of Scogan a satire of Bertrand Russell are depicted. Jenny who is deaf is revealed to be writing a satire on the house party. She plays the drums at the village carnival. An earlier owner of the house turns the place into a haven for dwarves, before his world is destroyed by his normal sized son. This is described in heroic couplets. I found the novel diverting, perhaps because I was a specialist in the art and literature of Modernism.
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- Z
- 01-09-15
A quaint little book
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.
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- Tim Baynes
- 10-02-24
Excellent reading. All characters come to life
This is one Huxley’s most important books bearing all the hallmarks his telling wit and observations of life
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