This project can now be found in our catalog at https://librivox.org/the-diaries-of-adam-and-eve-by-mark-twain/
Mark Twain wrote these two diaries, or rather as he insists, 'translated them from the original manuscripts', late in his writing career. The freshness, wonder and excitement of exploring a new world permeates Eve's thoughts as she takes great joy in her very existence and loves everything about it. To me this is obviously a posthumous love-letter to Twain's wife Olivia Langdon Clemens, or Livy, who died in June 1904, but others may disagree. Adam's diary is different and he comes across as a somewhat grumpy man who just wants to be alone and think his thoughts without the interference of this strange new creature. He is also not very bright. How the two finally come together is what makes these stories so wonderful and expresses the love between a husband and wife. They were written as two separate works but fit together so well I have combined them into one here. ( phil chenevert)
- Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8525,
Exerpts from Adam's Diary http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1892 - Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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- Project Code: WXIi93WB
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Mark Twain) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twain
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8525
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 2
- Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
- Original publication date (if known):
- If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
Genres for the project: Humorous Fiction
Keywords that describe the book:
============================================ - The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
START of recording (Intro):- "Eve's Diary by Mark Twain. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Say:
"Eve's Diary by Mark Twain. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Exerpts from Adam's Diary by Mark Twain. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
- If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - Only if applicable, say:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Chapter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of The Diaries of Adam and Eve, by Mark Twain. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording. - Example filename diariesofadamandeve_##_twain_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. diariesofadamandeve_01_twain_128kb.mp3)
- Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Mark Twain
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: The Diaries of Adam and Eve
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