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knotyouraveragejo wrote: ↑June 29th, 2020, 11:12 am Congratulations! This book is now in the LibriVox catalog and available for listeners to download. Please check the catalog page and let me know if any changes are needed:

https://librivox.org/goose-quill-papers-by-louise-imogen-guiney/

Wonderful!

On behalf of Distributed Proofreaders (where I'm coordinating the 20th anniversary celebrations), thanks so much to everyone for doing such great work on this special project!

And on behalf of myself, thanks for letting me participate - you guys are a great group!

Thank you so much for making it possible! I had a set of the Junior Classics (1950s edition) when I was a kid, and Volume 10 was my absolute favorite. I'm thrilled I could be a part of this. Congratulations to all!

When I worked on this book at Distributed Proofreaders, I had a lot more fun with it than I did with her poetry, exactly because you never knew what delightful surprises you'd find in the essays. :D This ... is so true ... :) By the way Linda, your command of pronunciation even in the most challeng...

I feel almost a little guilty PLing these because they're such a pleasure. :oops: This project attracts great readers, and each essay Guiney does is never that sort of mechanical kind where you can guess the structure ahead of time. It's a complete box of flying unknowns. Guiney reminds me here of ...

bluechien wrote: ↑May 9th, 2020, 4:13 pm Headed in to PL 8 and 12 ...
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8 and 12 are PL OK! Wonderful listening, yet again.

Thank you!

Here's Chapter 12:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/goosequillpapers_12_guiney_128kb.mp3
[16:10]

Here's Section 1: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/goosequillpapers_01_guiney_128kb.mp3 [09:42] Fun! :D Well, so mice to have this recording from you, Linda! Heavy literary allusions for the much celebrated apple! And a very fine recording. :thumbs: Feel free to read another. :wink: O...

Here's Section 1:

https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/goosequillpapers_01_guiney_128kb.mp3
[09:42]

Fun!

Here is Section 54, those tasty, tasty deer: https://librivox.org/uploads/leni/livinganimals1_54_cornish_128kb.mp3 [17:08] PL OK :D Bet you've never tried it. :wink: But seriously, some of his info seems quite outrageous. I've never heard of such mass slaughtering of deer done simply for the sport ...

silverquill wrote: ↑April 25th, 2020, 9:58 am

LCantoni wrote: ↑April 25th, 2020, 9:05 am I also wrote a blog post about Guiney, if anyone's interested in learning more.) :)LCantoni

What a fantastic article!
Would you mind if we reference this in our description or introduction on the first page, with proper credit, of course?

I would be honored! Thank you!

I'd like to claim Section 1, "On the Good Repute of the Apple," if I may. (I worked on this book for Project Gutenberg via Distributed Proofreaders, so I'm delighted to see it here. I also wrote a blog post about Guiney , if anyone's interested in learning more.) :)LCantoni Well, we are h...

I'd like to claim Section 1, "On the Good Repute of the Apple," if I may. (I worked on this book for Project Gutenberg via Distributed Proofreaders, so I'm delighted to see it here. I also wrote a blog post about Guiney, if anyone's interested in learning more.)

Here is Section 54, those tasty, tasty deer:

https://librivox.org/uploads/leni/livinganimals1_54_cornish_128kb.mp3
[17:08]

Here's Section 12: https://librivox.org/uploads/leni/livinganimals1_12_cornish_128kb.mp3 [13:06] "Nature, red in tooth and claw..." :D Sections 12 & 13 are both PL OK. Had I posted?? :hmm: I couldn't find that I did, but expect by now you've seen that their marked as such. Thanks, I d...