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Most men who with some earnestness of mind examine into the mysteries of our social state will perhaps pass through that stage of self-education in which this Novel was composed. The contrast between conventional frauds, received as component parts of the great system of civilization, and the less deceptive invasions of the laws which discriminate the meum from the tuum, is tempting to a satire that is not without its justice. The tragic truths which lie hid in what I may call the Philosophy of Circumstance strike through our philanthropy upon our imagination. We see masses of our fellow-creatures the victims of circumstances over which they had no control,—contaminated in infancy by the example of parents, their intelligence either extinguished or turned against them, according as the conscience is stifled in ignorance or perverted to apologies for vice. A child who is cradled in ignominy, whose schoolmaster is the felon, whose academy is the House of Correction,—who breathes an atmosphere in which virtue is poisoned, to which religion does not pierce,—becomes less a responsible and reasoning human being than a wild beast which we suffer to range in the wilderness, till it prowls near our homes, and we kill it in self-defence.
In this respect the Novel of “Paul Clifford” is a loud cry to society to amend the circumstance,—to redeem the victim. It is an appeal from Humanity to Law. And in this, if it could not pretend to influence or guide the temper of the times, it was at least a foresign of a coming change. Between the literature of imagination, and the practical interests of a people, there is a harmony as complete as it is mysterious. The heart of an author is the mirror of his age. The shadow of the sun is cast on the still surface of literature long before the light penetrates to law; but it is ever from the sun that the shadow falls, and the moment we see the shadow we may be certain of the light. ( Adapted from the Preface) ( )
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7735
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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[*] Project Code: onyfKbZN
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Edward Bulwer-Lytton) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Bulwer-Lytton
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Clifford
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 43
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1830
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: General Fiction/Published 1800 -1900
Keywords that describe the book: dark and stormy night, victorian times
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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):
- "Chapter [number] of Paul Clifford . 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:
"Paul Clifford , by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
- "Chapter [number] of Paul Clifford by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. 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:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - 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 Paul Clifford , by Edward Bulwer-Lytton. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
[*]Example filename paulclifford_##_bulwer-lytton_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. paulclifford_01_bulwer-lytton_128kb.mp3)
[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Paul Clifford
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