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Wheels - The First Cycle
English· 01:47:11· 41 chapters
A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family, the first in 1916. Apart from Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell, the poets represented in the series include Nancy Cunard, whose family founded the Cunard shipping line, Aldous Huxley and Wilferd Owen, as well as a number of more obscure writers. - Summary by Algy Pug
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Chapters

  1. Chapter 1

    Preface to the Second Edition

    04:11
  2. Chapter 2

    Wheels by Nancy Cunard

    02:12
  3. Chapter 3

    The Beginning by Osbert Sitwell

    02:41
  4. Chapter 4

    The End by Osbert Sitwell

    02:38
  5. Chapter 5

    Progress by Osbert Sitwell

    01:30
  6. Chapter 6

    Prelude by Osbert Sitwell

    01:45
  7. Chapter 7

    Pierrot Old by Osbert Sitwell

    04:13
  8. Chapter 8

    Night by Osbert Sitwell

    02:10
  9. Chapter 9

    20th Century Harlequinade by Osbert Sitwell

    03:17
  10. Chapter 10

    'Therefore is the Name of it called Babel' by Osbert Sitwell

    02:03
  11. Chapter 11

    The Lament of the Mole-Catcher by Osbert Sitwell

    01:22
  12. Chapter 12

    Tears by Osbert Sitwell

    01:27
  13. Chapter 13

    Black Mass by Osbert Sitwell

    05:06
  14. Chapter 14

    The Carnivals of Peace by Nancy Cunard

    01:18
  15. Chapter 15

    Destruction by Nancy Cunard

    01:18
  16. Chapter 16

    Sonnet by Nancy Cunard

    01:23
  17. Chapter 17

    Remorse by Nancy Cunard

    01:22
  18. Chapter 18

    Uneasiness by Nancy Cunard

    01:10
  19. Chapter 19

    From the Train by Nancy Cunard

    01:09
  20. Chapter 20

    Processions by Edith Sitwell

    00:59
  21. Chapter 21

    Gaiety by Edith Sitwell

    02:23
  22. Chapter 22

    Thais in Heaven by Edith Sitwell

    01:26
  23. Chapter 23

    A Lamentation by Edith Sitwell

    03:00
  24. Chapter 24

    Antic Hay by Edith Sitwell

    02:18
  25. Chapter 25

    The Drunkard by Edith Sitwell

    02:09
  26. Chapter 26

    The Mother by Edith Sitwell

    04:14
  27. Chapter 27

    The King of China's Daughter by Edith Sitwell

    00:53
  28. Chapter 28

    Nebuchadnezzar the King by Edith and Osbert Sitwell

    05:59
  29. Chapter 29

    Three poems by Arnold James

    03:16
  30. Chapter 30

    Five poems by Iris Tree

    07:54
  31. Chapter 31

    Zeppelins - two poems by Iris Tree

    03:21
  32. Chapter 32

    Home Thoughts in Laventie by E.W.Tennant

    02:37
  33. Chapter 33

    Song by E.W.Tennant

    01:16
  34. Chapter 34

    Re-Incarnation by E.W.Tennant

    01:08
  35. Chapter 35

    Li-Tai-PE Drinks and Drowns by Sacheverell Sitwell

    01:20
  36. Chapter 36

    A Picture by Victor Tait Perowne

    02:01
  37. Chapter 37

    A Dirge by Victor Tait Perowne

    02:06
  38. Chapter 38

    The Lady of Shallott by Victor Tait Perowne

    04:02
  39. Chapter 39

    Envious Youth by Helen Rootham

    01:46
  40. Chapter 40

    The Great Adventure by Helen Rootham

    01:52
  41. Chapter 41

    Three Prose Poems (after Rimbaud) by Helen Rootham

    08:56