Wheels - The First Cycle

by Nancy Cunard, Henry James, Victor Tait Perowne, Helen Rootham, Edith Sitwell, Osbert Sitwell, Sacheverell Sitwell, Edward Wyndham Tennant

Poetry

About this book

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

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1Preface to the Second Edition4:11 · read by Newgatenovelist
2Wheels by Nancy Cunard2:12 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
3The Beginning by Osbert Sitwell2:41 · read by Nemo
4The End by Osbert Sitwell2:38 · read by Nemo
5Progress by Osbert Sitwell1:30 · read by Nemo
6Prelude by Osbert Sitwell1:45 · read by Nemo
7Pierrot Old by Osbert Sitwell4:13 · read by Nemo
8Night by Osbert Sitwell2:10 · read by Nemo
920th Century Harlequinade by Osbert Sitwell3:17 · read by Nemo
10'Therefore is the Name of it called Babel' by Osbert Sitwell2:03 · read by Nemo
11The Lament of the Mole-Catcher by Osbert Sitwell1:22 · read by Nemo
12Tears by Osbert Sitwell1:27 · read by Algy Pug
13Black Mass by Osbert Sitwell5:06 · read by Algy Pug
14The Carnivals of Peace by Nancy Cunard1:18 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
15Destruction by Nancy Cunard1:18 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
16Sonnet by Nancy Cunard1:23 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
17Remorse by Nancy Cunard1:22 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
18Uneasiness by Nancy Cunard1:10 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
19From the Train by Nancy Cunard1:09 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
20Processions by Edith Sitwell0:59 · read by Algy Pug
21Gaiety by Edith Sitwell2:23 · read by Algy Pug
22Thais in Heaven by Edith Sitwell1:26 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
23A Lamentation by Edith Sitwell3:00 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
24Antic Hay by Edith Sitwell2:18 · read by Algy Pug
25The Drunkard by Edith Sitwell2:09 · read by Algy Pug
26The Mother by Edith Sitwell4:14 · read by Algy Pug
27The King of China's Daughter by Edith Sitwell0:53 · read by Algy Pug
28Nebuchadnezzar the King by Edith and Osbert Sitwell5:59 · read by Algy Pug, Newgatenovelist
29Three poems by Arnold James3:16 · read by Nemo
30Five poems by Iris Tree7:54 · read by Newgatenovelist
31Zeppelins - two poems by Iris Tree3:21 · read by Newgatenovelist
32Home Thoughts in Laventie by E.W.Tennant2:37 · read by Algy Pug
33Song by E.W.Tennant1:16 · read by Algy Pug
34Re-Incarnation by E.W.Tennant1:08 · read by Algy Pug
35Li-Tai-PE Drinks and Drowns by Sacheverell Sitwell1:20 · read by Algy Pug
36A Picture by Victor Tait Perowne2:01 · read by Newgatenovelist
37A Dirge by Victor Tait Perowne2:06 · read by Newgatenovelist
38The Lady of Shallott by Victor Tait Perowne4:02 · read by Newgatenovelist
39Envious Youth by Helen Rootham1:46 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
40The Great Adventure by Helen Rootham1:52 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)
41Three Prose Poems (after Rimbaud) by Helen Rootham8:56 · read by Eva Davis (d. 2025)