Wheels - The Second Cycle: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Wheels - The Second Cycle, credited to Aldous Huxley; Edith Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Edward Wyndham Tennant; Sacheverell Sitwell; Iris Tree; Helen Rootham; Arnold James; Sherard Vines, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Wheels - The Second Cycle by Aldous Huxley; Edith Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Edward Wyndham Tennant; Sacheverell Sitwell; Iris Tree; Helen Rootham; Arnold James; Sherard Vines. Read in English by Nemo; Algy Pug; Newgatenovelist; Eva Davis A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The second volume, published in 1917, contains poems by the Sitwells and also Aldous Huxley, among others. - Summary by Algy Pug

Recording facts

• Recording title: Wheels - The Second Cycle
• Author credits: Aldous Huxley; Edith Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Edward Wyndham Tennant; Sacheverell Sitwell; Iris Tree; Helen Rootham; Arnold James; Sherard Vines
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 54
• Listed recording duration: 2:30:28

Opening tracks: first 24 of 54

1. 01 - Preface: Armchair by Osbert Sitwell — 5:28
2. 02 - Fountains by Osbert Sitwell — 2:59
3. 03 - Promenades by Osbert Sitwell — 1:28
4. 04 - Prospect Road by Osbert Sitwell — 3:51
5. 05 - Rag-time by Osbert Sitwell — 2:19
6. 06 - The Gypsy Queen by Osbert Sitwell — 1:31
7. 07 - The Return of the Prodigal by Osbert Sitwell — 4:16
8. 08 - London by Osbert Sitwell — 8:54
9. 09 - The Alien by Aldous Huxley — 1:05
10. 10 - By the Fire by Aldous Huxley — 3:35
11. 11 - Private Property by Aldous Huxley — 1:05
12. 12 - Social Amenities by Aldous Huxley — 0:48
13. 13 - The Life Theoretic by Aldous Huxley — 0:57
14. 14 - Siesta Thoughts by Aldous Huxley — 0:52
15. 15 - Farewell to the Muses by Aldous Huxley — 0:43
16. 16 - Retrospect by Aldous Huxley — 2:21
17. 17 - Valedictory by Aldous Huxley — 2:41
18. 18 - Tahiti by Sacheverell Sitwell — 2:18
19. 19 - Barrel - Organs by Sacheverell Sitwell — 5:46
20. 20 - The Nightingale by Sacheverell Sitwell — 0:35
21. 21 - Soliloquy and Speech from ‘ The Mayor of Murcia ’ by Sacheverell Sitwell — 8:31
22. 22 - Trumpets by Sacheverell Sitwell — 1:22
23. 23 - A Dream by Arnold James — 1:07
24. 24 - Till the Morn Break by Arnold James — 1:43

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