[Adventure] The Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich - dlo

[chulsky]

The Gadfly by Ethel Lilian Voynich (1864 - 1960).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-gadfly-by-ethel-lilian-voynich/

An adventure thriller set in 1840s Italy under the dominance of Austria, a time of revolt and uprisings. The story of faith, disillusionment, revolution, romance, and heroism centres on the life of the protagonist, Arthur Burton, member of the Youth movement; his antagonist, Padre Montanelli; and his love Gemma. ( Wikipedia and Mark Chulsky)

• 1. How to claim a part, and "how it all works" here To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are "up for grabs." Click "Post reply" at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you would like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please). Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
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     Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction; Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers
     
     Keywords that describe the book: revolution, Italy, youth movement, risorgimento, romantism
     
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  6. BEFORE recording: Please check the Recording Notes: http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=6427#6430
     
     Set your recording software to:
     Channels: 1 (Mono)
     Bit Rate: 128 kbps
     Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
  7. DURING recording:
     No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
     Make sure you add this to the beginning of your recording:
     START of recording (Intro)
     • "Part [number] Chapter [number] of The Gadfly. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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     END of recording
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     Save files as
     128 kbps MP3
     gadfly_##_voynich_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. gadfly_01_voynich_128kb.mp3)
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     Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please mind upper and lower case!
     Artist: Ethel Lilian Voynich
     Title: ## - [Section title]
     Album: The Gadfly
     
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     Please post below

[chulsky]

I am going to DPL myself, please.

[dlolso21]

I can MC this for you.

MW is set up and tested. Please adjust the first section title as necessary.

You can remove the section on ID tags if you don't want to check them as DPL. The catalog software can fill those in.

Moving this to Readers Wanted: Books since you have a DPL.

David O

[chulsky]

Thank you, David, will start filling up the MW shortly!

[samranaveed]

I would like to read chapter 1

Samra

[chulsky]

I would like to read chapter 1
Samra

Very good, Samra, I have reserved sec.1 for you. Please complete your registration, and I'll assign it to you when you are in the catalog!

[dlolso21]

Samra / Mark,

I have added Samra generically for the moment so that Mark can assign the reading section.

Samra, here is what your reader catalog page looks like at the moment >> https://librivox.org/reader/11104

We can change your Catalog display name to something else, as an example my forum name and catalog display name are different >> https://librivox.org/reader/6065

We can also add a personal website if you wish.

David O

[chulsky]

Thank you, David!
Samra, you are up!

[SaraHale]

Hi, Mark!

I am sorry about this. But I want to double check that I claimed chapter two in The Gadfly. I remember that you replied to my first post. Have I been dropped from the project? I am so sorry that I am taking a long time to upload the chapter. But I will record and upload it as soon as possible. Can I reclaim chapter two?

Thanks

[chulsky]

Hi, Mark!

I am sorry about this. But I want to double check that I claimed chapter two in The Gadfly. I remember that you replied to my first post. Have I been dropped from the project? I am so sorry that I am taking a long time to upload the chapter. But I will record and upload it as soon as possible. Can I reclaim chapter two?

Thanks

Sara, the section has been yours, there was a database crash, that's why it was dropped. Thank you!

[SaraHale]

Sara, the section has been yours, there was a database crash, that's why it was dropped. Thank you!

I am so sorry to hear about the database crash. And thank you for your quick reply.

[2839reader]

Claim section three. ? Please.

[SaraHale]

Hi!

Here's section 2:
https://librivox.org/uploads/dlolso21/gadfly_02_voynich_128kb.mp3

Track Length: 22:14

I would like to record section 4, please.

Please, Mark, give me a constructive feedback on section 2. As I want to record as many sections as I can.

Thanks!

[chulsky]

Thank you, Kathleen and Sara! Looking forward to your recordings!

[chulsky]

... give me a constructive feedback on section 2.

Hello, Sara,
I'm glad you wish to record more of this book, you would like it; I was reading it as a teenager many years ago, and couldn't stop.
Here is my constructive feedback, please see it as encouragement, not criticism. All these little things would be a "PL OK" if you wouldn't ask
My general advice is: do not rush, and look up unfamiliar words in a dictionary.
Arthur and Montanelli are Italians, but the plot is set in Switzerland, so if they use unfamiliar words, you would suspect that's
Italian, if there are names or places, that should be French. Please try to pronounce them as a native would: go to the Google Translate tool (https://translate.google.com/), there is a "speaker" icon, so you can listen to the right sounding. Wikipedia has transcriptions and sound files for many names.
Here we go:
0:19 Voynich rhymes with "which", not "nick"
0:43 "tyrannical" mispronounced
1:10 Papist mispronounced
3:10, 6:02, 9:22, 17:15, 18:57, 21:52 "carino" rhymes with "Latino", it means "darling" in Italian, it looks like will be repeated often through the book
3:30 Protestant mispronounced
7:52 Straightway, not "away"
10:39 and 17:32 excursions (I hear exertions)
15:24 plunged (I hear plugged)
16:17 picturesque mispronounced
17:17 there are asterisks indicating a subject change; the pause should be longer, up to 1.5 - 2 sec.
18:20 "and he still repeated" missing "he"
18:32 "between himself and Arthur", I hear "between him and Arthur"

Again, these are nitpicks, don't worry too much about them. I could give it a "PL OK" if you are not up to fixing them, if you keep these notes in mind for future recordings, that would be good though
Keep up good reading, I think you are doing great.