[COMPLETE]Tales of St. Austin's by PG Wodehouse - dc

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Tales of St. Austin's, by P. G. Wodehouse (1881 - 1975)

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Volunteers outside the USA: P. G. Wodehouse died in 1975. 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.
Early short stories from Wodehouse focusing on life at St. Austin's, a fictional English public school. Also included are four humorous essays. (Summary by KevinS)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6980

Target completion date: 2021-07-31

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Genres for the project: Humorous Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: fictional english public school

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Last edited by KevinS on May 6th, 2021, 8:48 am, edited 1 time in total.
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MW coming up.

edit: Let me know if any changes are needed. Enjoy.
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craigdav1 wrote: May 6th, 2021, 7:45 am MW coming up.

edit: Let me know if any changes are needed. Enjoy.
Thank you!
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Kevin - do you need a DPL?

I'm willing if you'd like.

Thanks,

M
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mleigh wrote: May 6th, 2021, 8:41 am Kevin - do you need a DPL?

I'm willing if you'd like.

Thanks,

M
That would be lovely! Thank you!
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Now that the team is complete, moving topic to Going Solo forum.
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Section 1 is PL OK.

Section 2 is missing a sentence: ~4:08 please insert "Harrison emerged from the encounter feeling sore and unfit for any further
recreation.", after "traced the string to its owner."

Section 3 has several issues.
1 - 5:28, sounds like "telegram for" not "telegram from"
2 - 5:50, should be "nee Miss Dorothy" not "Mrs"
3 - 7:28, the "5" is missing for the fifth letter
4 - 13:07, should be "Lord Marmaduke Twistleton" not "Thistleton". As Twistletons feature in other PG Wodehouse books, it should probably be corrected.

I just noticed you snuck 16 in on me. Ouch.

I've enjoyed listening to the reading thus far.

Thanks,

M

Thanks,

M
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mleigh wrote: May 7th, 2021, 6:33 pm Section 1 is PL OK.

Section 2 is missing a sentence: ~4:08 please insert "Harrison emerged from the encounter feeling sore and unfit for any further
recreation.", after "traced the string to its owner."

Section 3 has several issues.
1 - 5:28, sounds like "telegram for" not "telegram from"
2 - 5:50, should be "nee Miss Dorothy" not "Mrs"
3 - 7:28, the "5" is missing for the fifth letter
4 - 13:07, should be "Lord Marmaduke Twistleton" not "Thistleton". As Twistletons feature in other PG Wodehouse books, it should probably be corrected.

I just noticed you snuck 16 in on me. Ouch.

I've enjoyed listening to the reading thus far.

Thanks,

M

Thanks,

M
I've tried to read with a bit of enthusiasm and (perhaps) a little irony and am sorry to make these crazy errors. Forgive me.

But I think you'll have fun with these. I hope that is some recompense.

I certainly appreciate all your help!
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Section 4 was most amusing. Wodehouse was quite good with humor and I had to smile several times during your reading.
It is PL OK.

Section 16 was a bit on the strange side. It was well read too. I just have one comment on it and would appreciate your listening to the passage and either correct it or let me know if I have misheard what you said.
~3:26 the text reads "'Never,' I shouted, with enthusiasm." It sounds to me like the verb you used is "crowded", if your word is actually "crowed" or "cried" it would fit in the text and would be acceptable.

Thanks,

M
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mleigh wrote: May 8th, 2021, 4:02 pm Section 4 was most amusing. Wodehouse was quite good with humor and I had to smile several times during your reading.
It is PL OK.

Section 16 was a bit on the strange side. It was well read too. I just have one comment on it and would appreciate your listening to the passage and either correct it or let me know if I have misheard what you said.
~3:26 the text reads "'Never,' I shouted, with enthusiasm." It sounds to me like the verb you used is "crowded", if your word is actually "crowed" or "cried" it would fit in the text and would be acceptable.

Thanks,

M
I'll have a listen. Nothing I say would surprise me.
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