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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://gutenberg.org/ebooks/1301Subtitled "The Bastille", Volume 1 of Thomas Carlyle's three volume "The French Revolution: A History" was first published in 1837, and covers the events of the French Revolution up to the forced move of Louis XVI from Versailles to Paris. While a modern listener not already familiar with the events described here may need some time to get their bearings amidst a sea of unfamiliar names and allusions, Carlyle's idiosyncratic yet justly famous present-tense, quasi-firsthand narrative quickly builds into a gripping, highly dramatic story which contemporary scholars still regard as being essentially accurate.
It may help the reader to understand that the term 'Oeuil de Boeuf' signifies the palace of the French King, and that references to 'Jean Jacques' are to Jean-Jacques Rousseau, whose 1755 book "The Social Contract" argued that 'we are obliged to obey only legitimate powers'. (Summary by Peter Dann)
Target completion date: 2021-11-01
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/History/Early Modern
Keywords that describe the book: french revolution
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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:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille. 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 French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille, by Thomas Carlyle. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille, by Thomas Carlyle. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
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If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The French Revolution: A History. Volume 1: The Bastille, by Thomas Carlyle."
Filename: frenchrevolutionvol1_##_carlyle_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. frenchrevolutionvol1_01_carlyle_128kb.mp3)
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