COMPLETE: Cousin Maude by Mary Jane Holmes -jo

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Cousin Maude, by MARY JANE HOLMES (1825 - 1907)

This project is now complete.  All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:


https://librivox.org/cousin-maude-by-mary-jane-holmes/

When Matilda's husband James dies, she marries rich Dr. Kennedy thinking he will provide a good home for her daughter Maude. However, the doctor is a miser and assumes that Matty will be his housekeeper. They have a little boy who is crippled and the doctor ignores him. Maude is totally devoted to him and on her mother's deathbed promises to look after him always. The story then evolves with Maude meeting her stepsister Nellie's cousins JC and James. Nellie has set her sights on JC who is after her money while Maude develops strong feelings towards James. JC begins to fall for Maude and when he learns that she has come into an inheritance bequeathed to her by her mother's former servant/nurse Janet he proposes to her. The complications that follow along with the arrival of a new stepmother add just the right amount of drama to this sweet romance.
(Summary by Celine Major)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/cousinmaudeormil00holmiala

Target completion date: 2021-08-30

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: General Fiction/Published 1800 -1900; Romance

Keywords that describe the book:

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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:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Cousin Maude. 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."] "Cousin Maude, by MARY JANE HOLMES. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Cousin Maude, by MARY JANE HOLMES. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Cousin Maude, by MARY JANE HOLMES."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: cousinmaude_##_holmes_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. cousinmaude_01_holmes_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

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.
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Post by MamaGeek »

And YES! :D My DPL is my very hard working buddy Helen (HzFerr)!

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Post by HZFerr »

DPL checking in for THE great Celine Major!
🌟
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

OK Ladies, you are all set here. Enjoy!
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:clap: :clap:
Yayyy! Thank you both so much. Back very soon. :D
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Here we go. Enjoy!!! (I hope) :)
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Post by HZFerr »

sect 1-2
PL OK

I have a Maxim about men like him. :lol:
Helen

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Good one Helen. Thank you.

Will upload more in the morning. Have a good night!
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Post by HZFerr »

sect 3-4
PL OK

It's a Maxim of mine to always have extra boxes of tissues; especially in cases like this.
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Helen

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Post by MamaGeek »

Teehee!!! Thank you!
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Post by HZFerr »

sect 5-6
PL OK

What will happen to poor Loui?

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Storm coming again. ⛈️ ☔
Helen

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Post by MamaGeek »

Thank you Helen!!
Methinks there could be better days ahead for poor little Louis. :(
Hope you managed to stay dry this weekend and that you have a good start to the week.
Take care!
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Post by HZFerr »

sect 7 & 8
PL OK

Too good! I'm saving 9 for later.
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5/4/66 (S.V.) Malone, Jimmy M.
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Post by MamaGeek »

So happy you are enjoying it. I've uploaded the rest so they will be there when the mood strikes you. It can be tomorrow or next week or whenever!!! :D
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sect 9 & 10
PL OK

Enjoy, these characters are so we'll written I wish it would never end. :clap:
Helen

POW/MIA, we will remember them.
5/4/66 (S.V.) Malone, Jimmy M.
Private U.S. Army, 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry
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