COMPLETE Moments with Mark Twain - icequeen

[Leesma]

Moments With Mark Twain (1835 - 1910) Selected by Albert Bigelow Paine.

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/moments-with-mark-twain-by-mark-twain/

These selections from the works of Mark Twain are presented in chronological order. They include the memorable whitewashing of the fence in "Tom Sawyer", events preceding the Mississippi River raft journey in "Huckleberry Finn", a dark moment during the exchange of identities in “The Prince and the Pauper”, and reflections of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court”. A critic wrote of another excerpt concerning a feud, "...as dramatic and powerful an episode as I know in modern literature." Also included are comments about travel abroad, Joan of Arc, a generous helping of Twain’s renowned quips, and mortality. (Lee Smalley)

• Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61338
• Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
  
  
  
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  [*] Project Code: nNVd4EzH
  
  
  
  [*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Mark Twain) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
  
  [*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
  [*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 25
  [*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
  [*]Original publication date (if known): 1920
  [*]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?:

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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Essays & Short Works; General Fiction/Published 1800 -1900

Keywords that describe the book: Travel. Joan of Arc, Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Quips, Mortality

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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 Moments With Mark Twain. 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:
  "Moments With Mark Twain, by Mark Twain. [Chapter]"

For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:

• "Chapter [number] of Moments With Mark Twain by Mark Twain. 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]"

END of recording:

• 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 Moments With Mark Twain, by Mark Twain. "

There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

[*]Example filename momentswithmarktwain_##_twain_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. momentswithmarktwain_01_twain_128kb.mp3)

[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Mark Twain
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Moments With Mark Twain


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Any questions?
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[Leesma]

DPL is icequeen

[icequeen]

Our MW is ready for you! But, I am wondering if we might tweak the intro a little bit. Maybe something like, "Moments with Mark Twain, by Mark Twain, selected by Albert Bigelow Paine." Or we could take out the "by Mark Twain" part. It is up to you.

[Leesma]

I'd prefer leaving out "By Mark Twain" if it's all the same with you. I think it's obvious who the author is, and it will certainly be stated in the summary.

I'm not sure just now how to set up the MW. Some of the chapters are very short and should be combined, while others will probably be divided into more than one section. Maybe I'll start with just one chapter per section and make adjustments. But if you think I should set it up at the get-go based on each chapter's page-count, I probably could do that. Your thoughts?

Gonna finish the other project before diving into the MW.

[icequeen]

Adding things to the MW as you go along is fine with me. If we need to add or take away sections, that is not a problem. I think we can move on to Going Solo!

[Leesma]

Here's Forward and Ch. 1. Wish I could sound a bit funnier. Have this rather serious voice.

[Leesma]

Ann, please read the following out loud:

MOMENTS WITH MARK TWAIN, SELECTED BY ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE. THIS LIBRIVOX RECORDING IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN.

That's a lot of "AINs" and sounds kinda weird to me. Do you think we might dispense with the middle part? If not, I'll manage to live with it.

[icequeen]

I think Mark Twain would approve of a little humor coming from the rhyming! Maybe have the middle part in the first and second sections, then leave it out after that?

[Leesma]

AIN gonna argue with that. DONE!

[icequeen]

This is going to be a fun listen! Chapter 1 is PL OK!

[Leesma]

Section 2 (Ch. 2 Part 1 of 3 parts) is up.

[Leesma]

Section 3 is ready.

[icequeen]

Section 2 is PL OK!

[icequeen]

Section 3 is PL OK!

[Leesma]

Here's Section 4.