Crome Yellow
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Crome Yellow is Aldous Huxley’s satirical 1921 novel that lampoons English upper-class society and intellectual pretensions through the events at a country house gathering.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
novel
ⓘ
satirical novel ⓘ |
| author | Aldous Huxley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| firstEditionFormat | print ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| followsInAuthorOeuvre | Huxley’s early career phase ⓘ |
| form | prose fiction ⓘ |
| genre |
satire
ⓘ
social novel ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | radio dramatization ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Anne Wimbush
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Denis Stone ⓘ Gombauld ⓘ Henry Wimbush NERFINISHED ⓘ Ivor Lombard ⓘ Jenny Mullion NERFINISHED ⓘ Isabel Colegate ⓘ
surface form:
Mary Bracegirdle
Mr. Scogan ⓘ Priscilla Wimbush ⓘ |
| hasFictionalLocation | Crome ⓘ |
| hasPart |
country house party
ⓘ
philosophical conversations ⓘ romantic subplots ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
art and aesthetics
ⓘ
literary culture ⓘ modernity ⓘ religion and spirituality ⓘ sexual mores ⓘ social class ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
George Bernard Shaw
ⓘ
Oscar Wilde ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernism ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
aestheticism
ⓘ
critique of English upper-class society ⓘ intellectual pretension ⓘ romantic entanglements ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
early example of Huxley’s fiction
ⓘ
satirical portraits of intellectuals ⓘ witty dialogue ⓘ |
| parodies | English country-house novel tradition ⓘ |
| protagonist | Denis Stone ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1921 ⓘ |
| publisher | Chatto & Windus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting | English country house ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | early 20th century ⓘ |
| titleOrigin | name of the country house Crome ⓘ |
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