Wheels - The First Cycle
Nancy Cunard , Henry James , Victor Tait Perowne , Helen Rootham , Osbert Sitwell , Edith Sitwell , Sacheverell Sitwell , Edward Wyndham Tennant , Iris Tree
41 chapters · 1 h 47 min · English
Read by Newgatenovelist, Eva Davis (d. 2025), Nemo, Algy Pug
Poetry
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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
Chapters
1 Preface to the Second Edition 4 min 2 Wheels by Nancy Cunard 2 min 3 The Beginning by Osbert Sitwell 3 min 4 The End by Osbert Sitwell 3 min 5 Progress by Osbert Sitwell 2 min 6 Prelude by Osbert Sitwell 2 min 7 Pierrot Old by Osbert Sitwell 4 min 8 Night by Osbert Sitwell 2 min 9 20th Century Harlequinade by Osbert Sitwell 3 min 10 'Therefore is the Name of it called Babel' by Osbert Sitwell 2 min 11 The Lament of the Mole-Catcher by Osbert Sitwell 1 min 12 Tears by Osbert Sitwell 1 min 13 Black Mass by Osbert Sitwell 5 min 14 The Carnivals of Peace by Nancy Cunard 1 min 15 Destruction by Nancy Cunard 1 min 16 Sonnet by Nancy Cunard 1 min 17 Remorse by Nancy Cunard 1 min 18 Uneasiness by Nancy Cunard 1 min 19 From the Train by Nancy Cunard 1 min 20 Processions by Edith Sitwell 1 min 21 Gaiety by Edith Sitwell 2 min 22 Thais in Heaven by Edith Sitwell 1 min 23 A Lamentation by Edith Sitwell 3 min 24 Antic Hay by Edith Sitwell 2 min 25 The Drunkard by Edith Sitwell 2 min 26 The Mother by Edith Sitwell 4 min 27 The King of China's Daughter by Edith Sitwell 1 min 28 Nebuchadnezzar the King by Edith and Osbert Sitwell 6 min 29 Three poems by Arnold James 3 min 30 Five poems by Iris Tree 8 min 31 Zeppelins - two poems by Iris Tree 3 min 32 Home Thoughts in Laventie by E.W.Tennant 3 min 33 Song by E.W.Tennant 1 min 34 Re-Incarnation by E.W.Tennant 1 min 35 Li-Tai-PE Drinks and Drowns by Sacheverell Sitwell 1 min 36 A Picture by Victor Tait Perowne 2 min 37 A Dirge by Victor Tait Perowne 2 min 38 The Lady of Shallott by Victor Tait Perowne 4 min 39 Envious Youth by Helen Rootham 2 min 40 The Great Adventure by Helen Rootham 2 min 41 Three Prose Poems (after Rimbaud) by Helen Rootham 9 min
