Aldous Huxley Lot of 12 Classic Poetry Audiobooks in 12 MP3 Audio CDs

Description: These discs contain MP3 files to play on your computer (PC or Mac) or compatible player. please check your devices documentation for compatibility. Aldous Huxley Lot of 12 Classic Poetry Audiobooks in 12 MP3 Audio CDs Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963) Aldous Leonard Huxley was an English writer and one of the most prominent members of the famous Huxley family. Best known for his novels including Brave New World and a wide-ranging output of essays, Huxley also edited the magazine Oxford Poetry, and published short stories, poetry, travel writing, film stories and scripts. He spent the later part of his life in the United States, living in Los Angeles from 1937 until his death. Huxley was a humanist, pacifist, and satirist. He later became interested in spiritual subjects such as parapsychology and philosophical mysticism, in particular Vivekanda's Neo-Vedanta and Universalism. He is also well known for his advocacy and consumption of psychedelic drugs. By the end of his life Huxley was widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time. Antic Hay Read by Jim Locke Running Time:09:44:36 in 1 MP3 Audio CD The epigram to this work from Christoher Marlowe applies to the plot of this story: "My men like satyrs grazing on the lawns / Shall with their goat-feet dance the antic hay." The plot follows Huxley and his cohorts in a search for meaning and hope and love in post WWI London. Crome Yellow Read by Martin Clifton Running Time:6:05:57 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Fascinating and brilliant at many levels, Huxley's spoof of Lady Ottoline Morrell's famous bohemian gatherings is difficult to categorize. The ironic tone and caricaturish rendering of some characters makes it partly entertaining satire, but intertwined with the irony are a very human love story and much poignant social commentary. Denis Stone (Huxley himself) is a young poet hopelessly enamored of the languid Anne Wimbush, who comes to Priscilla Wimbush's Crome estate for several weeks of intellectual and artistic escape. Along the way of his love affair, he engages in or eavesdrops upon conversations with other guests about the War, about eschatology, about future society, about Sex, about Art, about Love. Several of these dialogues directly foreshadow themes of Huxley's later dystopian masterpiece, Brave New World. Others show a tragic prescience of another great European war on its way, an awareness that future tragedy might attempt to complete the unfinished business of the recent Great War. Huxley's first novel, Crome Yellow is well worth reading in its own right, while containing embryonic forms of so much of Huxley's later intellectual themes. Jonah Read by Larry Wilson, Arthur Krolman, Tony Oliva and Chris Pyle Running Time:00:17:00 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Though Aldous Huxley gained popularity from his novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. Jonah, his second compilation of poetry, is a collection of twelve poems (four of which are written in French). He published it, at the age of 23, for Christmas in 1917. He stated his intention to stop writing poetry at the end of the volume, but actually went on to publish numerous compilations after Jonah.1 - Jonah2 - Behemoth3 - Minoan Porcelain4 - Zoo Celeste5 - Sonnet a L'ingenue6 - Dix-Huitieme Siecle7 - Hommage a Jules Laforgue8 - Sententious Song9 - The Oxford Volunteers10 - The Contemplative Soul11 - The Bethrothal of Priapus12 - Farewell to the Muses Leda Read by Sean Daeley, J. McDougall, Rohasfin, SkyAlbatross, Jacquelyn Bengfort, Jack Watson Warr and Mark Chulsky Running Time:01:55:36 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Though he gained recognition for his later essays and novels, Aldous Huxley started his writing career as a poet. Published in 1920, Leda is his fourth compilation of poetry. It begins with the passionate and slightly erotic poem "Leda", which recalls the love affair between Queen Leda, the mother of Helen of Troy, and her swan, Zeus in disguise. Some short poems follow. The book ends with two long sections. The first, "Beauty," is a short collection of vignettes where the author reflects on the concept of beauty through an ideal model of physical desire, Helen of Troy. The second, "Soles Occidere et Redire Possunt," or "Suns Can Set, and Suns Can Rise Again," is another long poem which reflects a day in the life of John Ridley, a deceased friend of Huxley's, who was mentally challenged throughout his entire life. 1 - Leda, Part I2 - Leda, Part II3 - Leda, Part III4 - Leda, Part IV5 - The Birth of God6 - On Hampstead Heath7 - Sympathy8 - Male and Female Created He Them9 - From the Pillar10 - Jonah11 - Variations on a Theme12 - A Melody of Scarlatti13 - A Sunset14 - Life and Art15 - First Philosopher's Song16 - Second Philosopher's Song17 - Fifth Philosopher's Song18 - Ninth Philosopher's Song19 - Morning Scene20 - Verrey's21 - Frascatti's22 - Fatigue23 - The Merry-Go-Round24 - Back Streets25 - Last Things26 - Gothic27 - Evening Party28 - Beauty, Parts I-V29 - Beauty, Parts VI-VIII30 - Soles Occidere et Redire Possunt, Foreward and Parts I-XI Limbo Read by Doc DL Martin, Meliora Dockery, Todd H W, Marvin Larson and Rachel Costello Running Time:05:52:06 in 1 MP3 Audio CD This is Aldous Huxley's first collection of short stories, which consists of 6 stories and a play. Characters in the play, "Happy Families", read by the following:Aston: Todd H WAston's Dummy: James R. HedrickTopsy: C ZandraTopsy's Dummy: C ZandraSir Jasper: Marvin LarsonBelle: Dawn SuttonHenrika: Rachel CostelloCain: Krista ZaleskiStage Direction: Krista Zaleski 01 Farcical History Of Richard Greenow, Chapter I 02 Farcical History Of Richard Greenow, Chapters II-V03 Farcical History Of Richard Greenow, Chapter VI04 Farcical History Of Richard Greenow, Chapter VII-IX 05 Farcical History Of Richard Greenow, Chapter X06 Happily Ever After , Chapters I-II 07 Happily Ever After , Chapter III 08 Happily Ever After , Chapter IV 09 Eupompus Gave Splendour To Art By Numbers 10 Happy Families(Dramatic Reading)11 Cynthia 12 The Bookshop 13 The Death Of Lully Rachel Costello Mortal Coils Read by Kirsten Wever Running Time:05:18:20 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Aldous Huxley is best known as a philosopher and novelist – notably as the author of Brave New World. He also wrote poetry, short stories and critical essays. Most of his work is somewhat dark and mildly sardonic, partly because he came of age just after World War I, when all of Europe was in a state of cultural, political and social confusion. His novel, Crome Yellow, is a prime example. Mortal Coils includes four short stories and a play, including one of the author’s most famous short works: "The Gioconda Smile." 1 - The Gioconda Smile, Part 12 - The Gioconda Smile, Part 23 - Permutations Among the Nightingales4 - The Tillotson Banquet, Part 15 - The Tillotson Banquet, Part 26 - Green Tunnels, Part 17 - Green Tunnels, Part 28 - Nuns at Luncheon The Burning Wheel Read by Larry Wilson, Elizabeth Buchanan, Ezwa, Algy Pug, J. McDougall, Carol, Rik Ahlberg, Tanner Bayles, Tim Wash and Winston Tharp Running Time:00:46:56 in 1 MP3 Audio CD Though Aldous Huxley is best known for his later novels and essays, he started his writing career as a poet. The Burning Wheel is his first work, a collection of thirty poems that pay homage in style to poets who wrote in the Romantic or the French symbolist styles. Many of the poems deal with themes of light, darkness, sight, music, art, war, and idealism vs. realism. Though the optimism in his early works waned as he became older, his characteristically optimistic and determined point of view shines through.The last poem was read collaboratively by Ezwa, AlgyPug and Larry Wilson. 1 - The Burning Wheel2 - Doors of the Temple3 - Villiers de L'Isle-Adam4 - Darkness5 - Mole6 - The Two Seasons7 - Two Realities8 - Quotidian Vision9 - Vision10 - The Mirror11 - Variations on a Theme of Laforgue12 - Philosophy13 - Philoclea in the Forest14 - Books and Thoughts15 - Contrary to Nature and Aristotle16 - Escape17 - The Garden18 - The Canal19 - The Ideal found wanting20 - Misplaced Love21 - (First) Sonnet22 - Sentimental Summer23 - The Choice24 - The Higher Sensualism25 - (Second) Sonnet26 - Formal Verses27 - Perils of the Small Hours28 - Complaint29 - Return to an Old Home30 - Fragment31 - The Walk The Defeat of Youth and Other Poems Read by Arthur Krolman; Bundy98; Renkotsu; Larry Wilson and J. McDougall Running Time:01:23:18 in 1 MP3 Audio CD The volume begins with "The Defeat of Youth", a sequence of twenty-two sonnets that explores irreconcilability of the ideal and the disappointing reality. Jerome Meckier called it “the century’s most successful sonnet sequence, better than Auden’s or Edna St. Vincent Millay’s.” In the rest of the volume, Huxley continues to explore themes started in The Burning Wheel, his first volume of poetry, including vision, blindness, and other contrasts. The volume concludes with two English translations by Huxley of two French poems: Stéphane Mallarmé’s 1876 poem “L’Après-midi d’un faune" and Arthur Rimbaud’s (1871) poem “Les Chercheuses de poux,” translated as “The Louse Hunters.” 1 - The Defeat of Youth: Under the Trees2 - The Defeat of Youth: In the Hay-Loft3 - The Defeat of Youth: Mountains4 - The Defeat of Youth: In the Little Room5 - The Defeat of Youth: In the Park6 - The Defeat of Youth: Self Torment7 - The Defeat of Youth: The Quarry in the Wood8 - Song of Poplars9 - The Reef10 - Winter Dream11 - The Flowers12 - The Elms13 - Out of the Window14 - Inspiration15 - Summer Stillness16 - Anniversaries17 - Italy18 - The Alien19 - A Little Memory20 - Waking21 - By the Fire22 - Valedictory23 - Love Song24 - Private Property25 - Revelation26 - Minoan Porcelain27 - The Decameron28 - In Uncertainty to a Lady29 - Crapulous Impression30 - The Life Theoretic31 - Complaint of a Poet Manqué32 - Social Amenities33 - Topiary34 - On the Bus35 - Points and Lines36 - Panic37 - Return from Business38 - Stanzas39 - Poem40 - Scenes of the Mind41 - L'Après-Midi D'un Faune42 - The Louse-Hunters Wheels - The Fifth Cycle by Aldous Huxley; Edith Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Sacheverell Sitwell; Sherard Vines and Alan Porter. Read in by Nemo; Algy Pug; Newgatenovelist and Eva Davis Running Time:02:20:13 in 1 MP3 Audio CD The Fifth Cycle of the Wheels poetry anthology was published in 1920 and contains poems by Aldous Huxley, Alan Porter, Leah McTavish Coehn, Geoffrey Cookson, William Kean Seymour, John J. Adams, Sherard Vines, and Osbert, Edith and Sacheverell Sitwell. The book was dedicated to Mrs Arnold Bennett, who is described as “poetry’s greatest interpretative artist.” 1 - Cornucopia by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell2 - Church Parade by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell3 - Sunday Afternoon by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell4 - De Luxe: Two poems by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell5 - At the House of Mrs Kinfoot by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell6 - Malgre Lui by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell7 - Fragment from “The Valley of the Giants” by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell8 - Mrs Prudential consults the Witch of Endor by Osbert Sitwell - Osbert Sitwell9 - Theatre of Varieties by Aldous Huxley - Aldous Huxley10 - Hard of Hearing by Alan Porter - Alan Porter11 - Lovers by Alan Porter - Alan Porter12 - Blind by Alan Porter - Alan Porter13 - Child’s Song by Leah McTavish Cohen - Aldous Huxley14 - Time by Geoffrey Cookson - Aldous Huxley15 - Mist and Cloud by Geoffrey Cookson - Aldous Huxley16 - Eden by Geoffrey Cookson - Aldous Huxley17 - Porphryo by Geoffrey Cookson - Aldous Huxley18 - The Crocodile Discourses by Geoffrey Cookson - Aldous Huxley19 - The Ambush by William Kean Seymour - Aldous Huxley20 - Stars by William Kean Seymour - Aldous Huxley21 - The Flame by William Kean Seymour - Aldous Huxley22 - Sramozan by William Kean Seymour - Aldous Huxley23 - “Laughing Lions Will Come” by Sacheverell Sitwell - Sacheverell Sitwell24 - Et in Arcadia, Omnes by Sacheverell Sitwell - Sacheverell Sitwell25 - A Swiss Rhapsody by Sacheverell Sitwell - Sacheverell Sitwell26 - Profiteer Williamson Pursues Culture by John J. Adams - Aldous Huxley27 - Café Confidences by John J. Adams - Aldous Huxley28 - Immanence by Sherard Vines - Sherard Vines29 - The King’s Daughter by Sherard Vines - Sherard Vines30 - Love Lyric by Sherard Vines - Sherard Vines31 - The Dahlia by Sherard Vines - Sherard Vines32 - The Soul’s Defence by Sherard Vines - Sherard Vines33 - The Toilette of Myrrhine by Edith Sitwell - Edith Sitwell34 - Eight More Bucolic Poems by Edith Sitwell - Edith Sitwell35 - Press Cuttings - Edith Sitwell36 - Bibliography - Edith Sitwell Wheels - The Fourth Cycle by Francisco de Quevedo; Wilfred Owen; Aldous Huxley; Edith Sitwell; Osbert Sitwell; Sacheverell Sitwell; Iris Tree; Arnold James; Sherard Vines. Read in English by Nemo; Eva Davis; Algy Pug; Newgatenovelist and Ian King Running Time:02:00:17 in 1 MP3 Audio CD A series of six volumes of Wheels anthologies was produced by members of the Sitwell family between 1916 and 1922. The fourth volume, published in 1919, contains several notable poems by the recently deceased Wilfred Owen. The other poets represented are Francisco Quevedo, Aldous Huxley, Arnold James, Iris Tree, Sherard Vines, and Edith, Osbert and Sacheverell Sitwell. 1 - Corpse-Day by Osbert Sitwell2 - English Gothic by Osbert Sitwell3 - Nocturne by Osbert Sitwell4 - The Bethrothal of Priapus by Aldous Huxley5 - Frascati’s by Aldous Huxley6 - Verrey’s by Aldous Huxley7 - Topiary by Aldous Huxley8 - Love Song by Aldous Huxley9 - Complaint of a Poet Manque by Aldous Huxley10 - The Reef by Aldous Huxley11 - Serenade by Sacheverell Sitwell12 - The Italian Air by Sacheverell Sitwell13 - Mrs H […] or a Lady from Babel by Sacheverell Sitwell14 - Valse Estudiantina by Sacheverell Sitwell15 - Three poems by Arnold James16 - Cordova by Francisco Quevedo17 - To the Mosquito of the Little Trumpet by Francisco Quevedo18 - Elders by Iris Tree19 - The Complex Life by Iris Tree20 - Remorse by Iris Tree21 - Soul’s Avarice by Iris Tree22 - Wanderlust by Iris Tree23 - Changing Mirrors by Iris Tree24 - Lamp-Posts by Iris Tree25 - Memory by Iris Tree26 - Disenchantment by Iris Tree27 - The Show by Wilfred Owen28 - Strange Meeting by Wilfred Owen29 - A Terre by Wilfred Owen30 - The Sentry by Wilfred Owen31 - Disabled by Wilfred Owen32 - The Dead Beat by Wilfred Owen33 - The Chances by Wilfred Owen34 - Elan Vital by Sherard Vines35 - The Soldier’s Last Love by Sherard Vines36 - Experience by Sherard Vines37 - New Saints by Sherard Vines38 - Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh by Sherard Vines39 - A Dark Church by Sherard Vines40 - Materialism : or Pastor takes the Restaurant Car for Heaven by Edith Sitwell41 - Nine Bucolic Poems by Edith Sitwell42 - Press Notices43 - Bibliography 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 by Nemo; Algy Pug; Newgatenovelist and Eva Davis Running Time:02:30:28 in 1 MP3 Audio CD 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. 1 - Preface: Armchair by Osbert Sitwell2 - Fountains by Osbert Sitwell3 - Promenades by Osbert Sitwell4 - Prospect Road by Osbert Sitwell5 - Rag-time by Osbert Sitwell6 - The Gypsy Queen by Osbert Sitwell7 - The Return of the Prodigal by Osbert Sitwell8 - London by Osbert Sitwell9 - The Alien by Aldous Huxley10 - By the Fire by Aldous Huxley11 - Private Property by Aldous Huxley12 - Social Amenities by Aldous Huxley13 - The Life Theoretic by Aldous Huxley14 - Siesta Thoughts by Aldous Huxley15 - Farewell to the Muses by Aldous Huxley16 - Retrospect by Aldous Huxley17 - Valedictory by Aldous Huxley18 - Tahiti by Sacheverell Sitwell19 - Barrel - Organs by Sacheverell Sitwell20 - The Nightingale by Sacheverell Sitwell21 - Soliloquy and Speech from ‘ The Mayor of Murcia ’ by Sacheverell Sitwell22 - Trumpets by Sacheverell Sitwell23 - A Dream by Arnold James24 - Till the Morn Break by Arnold James25 - In Nassau by Iris Tree26 - Black Velvet by Iris Tree27 - Myself in the City by Iris Tree28 - Imposture by Iris Tree29 - As a Nun's Face by Iris Tree30 - Optimism by Iris Tree31 - Question by Iris Tree32 - Ballad by Iris Tree33 - The Soldiers by Sherard Vines34 - The Gospel of Chimneys by Sherard Vines35 - The Bull by Sherard Vines36 - Low Tide by Sherard Vines37 - Carceri by Sherard Vines38 - The Pack by Sherard Vines39 - Carry On by Sherard Vines40 - From the Balcony by Edith Sitwell41 - A Histrion by Edith Sitwell42 - Two Orchard Poems by Edith Sitwell43 - A Scene from Saul - an unfinished play by Edith Sitwell44 - Messalina at Margate by Edith Sitwell5 - The County Calls by Edith Sitwell46 - The Mad Soldier by E.W. Tennant47 - Kultur by Helen Rootham48 - Aetet 19 by Helen Rootham49 - Symphony by Helen Rootham50 - Cul-de-sac by Helen Rootham51 - The Nun by Helen Rootham52 - Song by Helen Rootham53 - Press notices54 - Bibliography Wheels - The Sixth Cycle by Aldous Huxley; Edith Sitwell; Paul Selver; Osbert Sitwell; Sacheverell Sitwell; Sherard Vines; Brian Howard Read by Nemo; Algy Pug; Newgatenovelist and Eva Davis Running Time:01:00:08 in 1 MP3 Audio CD The sixth and final cycle of Wheels was published in 1921, and is much shorter than the preceding volumes. Apart from the three Sitwells, the poets represented are Aldous Huxley, Alan Porter, Sherard Vines, H.R.Barbour, Charles Orange (Brian Howard), Paul Selver and Augustine Rivers. 1 - Two Mexican Pieces by Osbert Sitwell 2 - Nero in the Circus by Aldous Huxley 3 - Picture by Goya by Aldous Huxley 4 - Sonnet by Alan Porter 5 - Design for a Printed Calico by Sherard Vines6 - Quadrant by Sherard Vines7 - Subjective Odyssey by H.R. Barbor 8 - Aberrantry by H.R .Barbor 9 - Parade Virtues for a Dying Gladiator by Sacheverell Sitwell10 - An Imitation by Sacheverell Sitwell - Sacheverell Sitwell11 - Another Imitation by Sacheverell Sitwell12 - Barouches Noires by Charles Orange13 - Two Bucolic Poems by Edith Sitwell14 - Fantasia for Mouth Organ by Edith Sitwell 15 - Early Spring by Edith Sitwell 16 - Perpetuum Mobile by Paul Selver 17 - The Death of Mercury by Augustine Rivers Our Audiobooks are Complete and Unabridged (unless otherwise indicated)Our Audiobooks are always read by real people, never by computers.Please Note: These recorded readings are from the author's original works which are in the public domain. All recordings and artwork are in the public domain and there are no infringements or copyrights. Each track starts with "This is a LibriVox recording...."Although Librivox has graciously made these recordings available to the public domain, they are not associated with the sale of this product. 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