Dame Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was a poet, critic and editor, whose enduring monument is probably the suite of 'abstract poems' Facade, notoriously orchestrated by William Walton, and the Norton Anthology of English Verse, which has given poetry to millions. Her greatest pleasures were listening to music and silence.
Dame Edith Sitwell's witty and affectionate send-up of her countrymen.
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