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Subtitled, "A Cyclopaedia of the condition and earnings of those that will work, those that cannot work, and those that will not work."
"The history of a people from the lips of the people themselves .. their labour, earnings, trials and sufferings, in their own unvarnished language, and to pourtray the condition of their homes and their families by personal observation of the places ..." "My earnest hope is that the book may serve to give the rich a more intimate knowledge of the sufferings, and the frequent heroism under those sufferings, of the poor ..."
Henry Mayhew was a social researcher and journalist. He compiled a four volume work in minute detail on the lives of the poor in London, of which this is the second volume, published in 1816. ( Peter Yearsley)
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/londonlabourand00mayhgoog
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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BC Admin - Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Henry Mayhew) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Mayhew
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Labour_and_the_London_Poor
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 99
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
- Original publication date (if known): 1861
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Genres for the project: Culture & Heritage; *Non-fiction
Keywords that describe the book: history, London, labor, labour, workers, interviews, social commentary, social, street folk, earnings, conditions
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[*]The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):
- "Section [number] of London Labour and the London Poor Volume II. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"London Labour and the London Poor Volume II, by Henry Mayhew. [Section]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
- "Section [number] of London Labour and the London Poor Volume II by Henry Mayhew. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Section title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Section]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of London Labour and the London Poor Volume II, by Henry Mayhew. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
[*]Example filename londonlabour2_##_mayhew_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. londonlabour2_01_mayhew_128kb.mp3)
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Henry Mayhew
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: London Labour and the London Poor Volume II
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