COMPLETE: Vindication of the Rights..., Wollstonecraft-NF/ge

[alexfoster]

This book is now complete and can be downloaded from the LibriVox catalogue here: http://librivox.org/a-vindication-of-the-rights-of-woman-by-mary-wollstonecraft/

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft.

NEW: Long chapters have been broken down into more manageable chunks.

One of Melvyn Bragg's 12 Books that Changed the World. For others, see here.

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[Fox in the Stars]

Oh, Chapter 2 please!

How do you plan to number the beginning Sketch and Introduction for the purpose of file naming? If Chapter 1 is "vindicationrightsofwomen_01_wollstonecraft.mp3" then the Introduction could be "...00...mp3", but what would be left for the Sketch?

[Gesine]

The Sketch can be 00a and the Introduction 00b, then chapter 1 01! :)

Alex, to sort them properly in the players, the ID3 title tag should be more specific - I think you just left it unchanged from the template: [Chapter number or title]
Should be something like 00a - Sketch, then 00b - Introduction, then 01 - Chapter 1, 02 - Chapter 2, etc.
It's so annoying when files don't come up in the right order. :)

I'll have to look at my schedule - will come and claim something later, probably. After all, it's about the vindication of the rights of women! Thanks for coordinating this, Alex.

[alexfoster]

Ah, thanks Fox and Gesine for working out a way forward for those two introductory texts. I was wondering how to do it.

And thanks Fox for taking a chapter.

[Gesine]

Hi Alex, I'll MC this for you... do you have server space, otherwise I can keep the files for you.

Sign me up for chapter 10 - I can manage a very short one...

Regarding the intros - Should the letter at the start be read with 00b, or will you read it with 00a? Might be worth pointing out to whoever signs up for it.

Think that's all! :)

[alexfoster]

Thanks Gesine. I should have enough space to host all these until we're done. I've clarified where I think the boundaries are.

Alex

[thistlechick]

Alex, thank you for starting this project... please sign me up for chapter 6

[alexfoster]

please sign me up for chapter 6

Wahey, we're a quarter there in the first day!

Thanks

[Fox in the Stars]

I'm noticing that Chapter 5 has 5 internal sections; could we maybe break it up and number them 05a through 05e?

[Gesine]

I was thinking it was rather long... but then, someone like Chip could come and claim it... he can read for *hours*... ;)

[ChipDoc]

I'd happily volunteer, but I probably wouldn't be able to get to it for a couple more weeks. I've got a couple of Return Of The Native chapters and a solo project for which I haven't read even the first word yet...

How about if you just let it sit there. If nobody's claimed it in a couple of weeks I'll happily read the whole thing in an evening.

[Gesine]

Here is chapter 10, Parental Affection.

http://librivox.gesine.org/gesine/vindication/vindicationrightsofwomen_10_wollstonecraft.mp3

Catalogue: Gesine, no URL
Runtime: 00:07:59 / 7.3MB

[Kristen]

I would like to read Chapter 00b, the introduction, please.

[alexfoster]

Wow, that was quick Gesine!

Thank you for signing up, Kristen.

I'm putting the files on my server at http://www.alexfoster.me.uk/librivox/votrow while this book is in progress.

[drewski3420]

I just read this book for a class this semester. I LOVED it.

I'd like to read Chapter 1.
I'm new, but I think I can handle it.