Crome Yellow (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Aldous Huxley
- First Published: 1921
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social satire
- Time of Work: c. 1920
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Philosophy or philosophers, Love or romance, Social issues, Art or artists, Communication, Poetry or poets, 1920’s, England or English people, Human behavior, Parties
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
Crome. English country house that is the seat of the Wimbush family. Formerly a monastery, it was rebuilt in the Elizabethan era by Sir Ferdinando Lapith in accordance with his eccentric theories of sanitation, which involved obtaining a maximum separation of distance between bathrooms (privies)—those at Crome being initially situated at the tops of its three towers—and the sewers into which they empty their wastes. Further rebuilding in the eighteenth century resulted in more practical plumbing facilities, although Sir Ferdinando was by no means the last...
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