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Self Control by Mary Brunton (1778 - 1818)

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Laura Montreville is a well-born and religious girl, brought up in Scotland by her widowed father. She is pursued by Colonel Hargrave, a libertine, who makes an offer of marriage which Laura, not knowing any better, declines at first, saying she will marry him in two years time if he reforms his wicked ways.
The book follows the fortunes of Laura, who suffers impoverishment, illness and humiliation, all the while tormented by Hargrave who has no intention of waiting the stipulated two years and who eventually shows himself in his true colours.
(Summary by Simon Evers)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41196

Target completion date: 2021-11-01

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: Historical Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: Misfortunes of a young lady

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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:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Self Control. 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."] "Self Control, by Mary Brunton. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Self Control, by Mary Brunton. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Self Control, by Mary Brunton."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: selfcontrol_##_brunton_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. selfcontrol_01_brunton_128kb.mp3)

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Last edited by simonevers on November 20th, 2021, 3:41 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Dave -

I do hope you're OK with this!

I also hope it is OK to label the prologue as section 00?

Simon
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MW coming up.

edit: I would have suggested starting with 0. Let me know if any changes are needed.
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Here we go again.

Prologue - section 0 (5:21)

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/selfcontrol_00_brunton_128kb.mp3

Simon
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0 PL OK!
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Moving topic to Going Solo forum.
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Here's Chapter 1 (24:18)

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/selfcontrol_01_brunton_128kb.mp3

Definite touches of Jane Austen here (who it is known read the book).
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1 PL OK!
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2 PL OK!
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Here's Chapter 3 (10:57)

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/selfcontrol_03_brunton_128kb.mp3

- I'm off to Croatia for a week's holiday on Wednesday so there will be a pause.

Simon
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3 PL OK!

Family/friends?
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4 PL OK!
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