COMPLETE: The Florentine Dagger by Ben Hecht -jo

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The Florentine Dagger, by Ben Hecht (1894 - 1964)

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/the-florentine-dagger-by-ben-hecht/


Volunteers outside the USA: Ben Hecht died in 1964. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
The police say it was suicide. The daughter says it was suicide. The daughter's fiance is sure it was murder. But who did it? The daughter? Fiona? Someone else? Or did the fiance do it himself? There are plenty of false theories. Can you assemble the true one? (Summary by Tom Penn)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/59428

Target completion date: 2023-03-01

Prooflistening level: Standard
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.

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Genres for the project: Crime & Mystery Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: Mystery, psychoanalysis

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The Florentine Dagger. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Florentine Dagger, by Ben Hecht. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The Florentine Dagger, by Ben Hecht. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The Florentine Dagger, by Ben Hecht."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: florentinedagger_##_hecht_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. florentinedagger_01_hecht_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
Tom Penn
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Post by Penumbra »

I may have a DPL lined up. I'll post when I know for sure.
Tom Penn
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Post by DACSoft »

Hi Tom,

Yes, you do. :)

I'll be happy to DPL.
Don (DACSoft)
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I can MC for you. MW will be along shortly.
Jo
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Post by Penumbra »

Thanks, Jo. We can move this to going solo at your convenience.
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Post by Penumbra »

OK Don. Chapter 1 is uploaded. I'm a little rusty so I may have a dumb mistake or two.
Tom Penn
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Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 1 is PL OK!

Nice job Tom. Good to hear your voice again. :thumbs:
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Chapter 2 ready for PL.

How's my reading speed? Does it seem a little slow or is it OK?
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Post by DACSoft »

Hi Tom,

Your reading speed on Chapter 1 seemed fine to me. I'll get to PL Chapter 2 tomorrow or the next day. :)
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Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 2 is PL OK! :)
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The Arrival of Jimpson; Baseball Joe in the World Series
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Post by Penumbra »

Chapter 3 ready for PL.

Jo: I just noticed that I misspelled the file names for the first three chapters. Do you want me to reupload them with the correct spelling or will you take care of it? Thank you, and sorry.
Tom Penn
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I can fix them when I catalog the project. Thanks for the heads up!
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Post by DACSoft »

Chapter 3 is PL OK! :)

Tom, apologies for the delay. Somehow I missed that this chapter was available for PL. :oops:
Don (DACSoft)
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Post by Penumbra »

Chapter 4 is ready for PL. And I think I even spelled it correctly.
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Post by Penumbra »

DACSoft wrote: October 10th, 2022, 11:06 am Chapter 3 is PL OK! :)

Tom, apologies for the delay. Somehow I missed that this chapter was available for PL. :oops:
No worries.
Tom Penn
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