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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/arthuryoungstra00bethgoogArthur Young, an English agriculturist, set out to write a travelogue on the state of agriculture in France and found himself in the midst of the French Revolution. His report on life in the capital and in the countryside in the years 1787, 1788, and 1789, replete with droll traveler's mishaps, becomes an eyewitness account of a society on the brink of catastrophe. From the court scene at Versailles to backroads villages comes this astonishing record of unfolding events, conspiracy theories about the queen, jubilation, and mass hysteria. (Summary by Pamela Nagami, M.D.)
Target completion date: 2022-01-22
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Genres for the project: *Non-fiction/Business & Economics; *Non-fiction/History/Early Modern; *Non-fiction/House & Home; *Non-fiction/Nature; *Non-fiction/Political Science; *Non-fiction/Social Science (Culture & Anthropology); *Non-fiction/Science/Life Sciences; *Non-fiction/Travel & Geography; *Non-fiction/Animals
Keywords that describe the book: French Revolution, Paris, Jacobins, Marie Antoinette, Loire, Versailles, Bastille, Louis XVI, French Agriculture, French Government, Marquis de Mirabeau, National Assembly, Jacques Necker
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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 Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789, by Arthur Young. 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."] "Travels in France During the Years 1787, 1788, 1789, by Arthur Young. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Travels in France by Arthur Young. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
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 Travels in France, by Arthur Young."
Filename: travelsinfrance_##_young_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. travelsinfrance_01_young_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
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