The wooden Pegasus

audiobook

The wooden Pegasus

by Edith Sitwell

EN·~54 minutes·37 chapters

Chapters

37 total
1

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

1:35
2

SINGERIE

1:07
3

THE AVENUE

1:01
4

MANDOLINE

1:30
5

“COMEDY FOR MARIONETTES” (To I. C. P.)

1:40
6

FALSETTO SONG

0:24
7

EVENTAIL

0:44
8

FIFTEEN BUCOLIC POEMS - I WHAT THE GOOSEGIRL SAID ABOUT THE DEAN

11:46
9

SEVEN NURSERY SONGS - I OLD LADY FLY-AWAY

3:22
10

PEDAGOGUES AND FLOWER-SHOWS - I

0:56

Description

A kaleidoscopic journey unfolds in a chorus of bright, absurdist verses that feel as if a carnival has slipped into a dream. The narrator mingles with masquerade figures—Pantaloon, Scaramouche, a bright‑tongued parrot—while music erupts from piano keys and mandolines, turning streets into shimmering scores. Each line swirls with colour, texture and the unexpected, inviting listeners to map a landscape where melody and madness fuse.

The collection moves through a series of vivid tableaux: a glassy avenue where shadows dance on ivory and ebony, a summer afternoon in a fiery underworld, and a parade of whimsical nursery songs that echo with both humor and melancholy. Themes of performance, identity and the thin line between order and chaos flicker beneath the decorative excess, offering a playful yet thoughtful meditation on the nature of art itself. Listeners will find themselves carried by the rhythmic surge, feeling the pulse of a world that is at once familiar and delightfully unhinged.

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Language

en

Duration

~54 minutes (52K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Charlene Taylor, Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Release date

2020-07-05

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Edith Sitwell

Edith Sitwell

1887–1964

Known for her daring style and larger-than-life public presence, this English poet helped bring modernist experimentation into the spotlight. Her work later took on a deeper emotional power, blending musical language with sharp intelligence.

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