Wheels - The First Cycle

Henry James (1843 - 1916), Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964) et al.

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

Genre(s): Poetry

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 01 Preface to the Second Edition Newgatenovelist
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Play 02 Wheels by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 03 The Beginning by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 04 The End by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 05 Progress by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 06 Prelude by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 07 Pierrot Old by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 08 Night by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 09 20th Century Harlequinade by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 10 'Therefore is the Name of it called Babel' by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 11 The Lament of the Mole-Catcher by Osbert Sitwell Nemo
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Play 12 Tears by Osbert Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 13 Black Mass by Osbert Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 14 The Carnivals of Peace by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 15 Destruction by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 16 Sonnet by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 17 Remorse by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 18 Uneasiness by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 19 From the Train by Nancy Cunard Eva Davis
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Play 20 Processions by Edith Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 21 Gaiety by Edith Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 22 Thais in Heaven by Edith Sitwell Eva Davis
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Play 23 A Lamentation by Edith Sitwell Eva Davis
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Play 24 Antic Hay by Edith Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 25 The Drunkard by Edith Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 26 The Mother by Edith Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 27 The King of China's Daughter by Edith Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 28 Nebuchadnezzar the King by Edith and Osbert Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 29 Three poems by Arnold James Nemo
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Play 30 Five poems by Iris Tree Newgatenovelist
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Play 31 Zeppelins - two poems by Iris Tree Newgatenovelist
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Play 32 Home Thoughts in Laventie by E.W.Tennant Algy Pug
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Play 33 Song by E.W.Tennant Algy Pug
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Play 34 Re-Incarnation by E.W.Tennant Algy Pug
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Play 35 Li-Tai-PE Drinks and Drowns by Sacheverell Sitwell Algy Pug
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Play 36 A Picture by Victor Tait Perowne Newgatenovelist
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Play 37 A Dirge by Victor Tait Perowne Newgatenovelist
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Play 38 The Lady of Shallott by Victor Tait Perowne Newgatenovelist
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Play 39 Envious Youth by Helen Rootham Eva Davis
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Play 40 The Great Adventure by Helen Rootham Eva Davis
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Play 41 Three Prose Poems (after Rimbaud) by Helen Rootham Eva Davis
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