This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/sally-on-the-rocks-by-winifred-boggs/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/sallyonrocks00bogggoog/page/n6/mode/2up.Sally Lunton has led a bohemian lifestyle in Paris, but now at 31 she returns to Little Crampton disillusioned, no job, no money and no hopes for the future except a safe, if loveless, marriage.. Little Crampton has its complement of “typical” villagers – the pompous bank manager, the local gossip, the ageing parson – but this is spring 1915, and the young men are away fighting and dying in the Great War. Farms and businesses are struggling to exist, families are grieving and there are not many marriage prospects for a spirited, worldly young woman.
Sally's story is told with a mixture of wry humour, cynical observation and bitter anti-war sentiments that make this novel an interesting, emotional but never sentimental view of
“ English village life “. (Summary by Anne Fletcher )
Target completion date: 0-12-00
Prooflistening level: Standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin
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 Sally On The Rocks. 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."] "Sally On The Rocks, by Winifred Boggs. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Sally On The Rocks, by Winifred Boggs. 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 Sally On The Rocks, by Winifred Boggs."
Filename: sallyontherocks_##_boggs_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. sallyontherocks_01_boggs_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: TriciaG
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
