COMPLETE: Return of Sherlock Holmes by Sir A. Conan Doyle

Post by **Kikisaulite** » July 1st, 2007, 5:44 am

Here you are:
Section 01 - repeat at 02:00 "had interested me deeply in crime"
Section 02 - repeat at 15:35 "alright, Mrs. Hadson. I am much abliged for your assistance."
Sections 3-4, 9-10, 17-18 are all OK.

And I will listen to 21-22 later today.

Post by **chocoholic** » July 1st, 2007, 8:18 am

Whoa, with bonus proofed chapters, even! Thanks, Kikisaulite! I'll get those notes in the box later with the chapter links.

I agree, it's not too much of a hardship listening to Holmes stories, is it?

Post by **Kikisaulite** » July 1st, 2007, 10:54 am

I agree, it's not too much of a hardship listening to Holmes stories, is it?

It's a pure pleasure!!!

Ken Theriot · Post by **Ken Theriot** » July 3rd, 2007, 4:25 pm

Laurie Anne,

OK....drum roll please:). Here is my very first submission! It is Part 1 of The Abbey Grange. I wanted to send it before I finished part 2 because I want to make sure I solve any systemic quality problems before I continue. I couldn't get entirely happy with the plosives. It sounded fine in my recording software. But in Windows Media Player, it sounded "bass-ier." Oh well. Hopefully it won't be a problem.

I FTP'd it to your "return of holmes" folder. The url is: http://www.studioae.com/LibriVox/chocoholic/ReturnOfHolmes/returnofholmes_23_doyle.mp3

Also, since this is my first time, here is the additional information you requested:

- Name/pseudonym for catalog: Ken Theriot (though my wife did the female voices;))
- Catalog URL: http://librivox.org/newcatalog/people_public.php?peopleid=1570
- File Size: 26.4 MB
- Duration: 28 minutes 53 seconds

Hope I did everything right!

Ken

Starlite · Post by **Starlite** » July 3rd, 2007, 4:33 pm

It sounds wonderfull Ken! It just sounds like it was meant to be read in that Brittish accent.

Fantastic recording!! (I'll leave the technical stuff for your MC

)

Ken Theriot · Post by **Ken Theriot** » July 3rd, 2007, 5:11 pm

Thanks Starlight!

Ken

Post by **chocoholic** » July 3rd, 2007, 5:52 pm

Thanks, Ken! Oh, I so wish I had time to listen to the whole thing tonight. It sounds terrific! I wouldn't worry about any plosives, the little bit I had time for was just fine.

Two technical things:

-- Needs 5 seconds of silence at end. (This is because some listeners' players cut off the ends of the files.) Would you mind adding that and reuploading? You can just tell the server to overwrite the existing file. (General note: files over 30 min need 10 seconds of silence.)

-- Let's get your wife credited in the catalog.

Having two readers for a section is routinely done, no problem at all. The easiest way is for her to register with a forum name, then I can add a catalog name and/or URL like I did for you. It doesn't matter if she ever actually posts in the forums... though I really hope she does! I caught a little bit of her part on my quick listen. (Lisa, if you're reading this -- please do keep recording!)

And one unrelated thing while I'm here: I'll be taking care of the edits for sections 1 and 2, so when the notes eventually change to PL-OK for those sections, there will be a reason.

Post by **chocoholic** » July 3rd, 2007, 6:02 pm

Actually, Ken, now that my brain is back in gear, why don't you wait on adding the silence to the end until the prooflistening is done -- then if there are any other edits you can do them all at once.

LisaTheriot · Post by **LisaTheriot** » July 3rd, 2007, 8:04 pm

Thanks Laurie Anne! I went ahead and registered Lisa. I'm actually posting from her log-in right now.

And it will be no problem at all to add the silence. I knew I'd forget something.

Thanks again!

Ken

Post by **chocoholic** » July 4th, 2007, 5:13 am

LisaTheriot is in.

Ken Theriot · Post by **Ken Theriot** » July 4th, 2007, 10:18 am

Laurie Anne,

I have a page number question. I'm looking at the on-line version of The Abbey Grange, and it starts on page 214. But the assignments page in this thread shows it starting on page 196. Are there two different on-line versions?

The reason I didn't notice before is that I went ahead an printed the download version, which has no page numbers. But I wanted to refer to a typo in the Gutenberg version (both download and on-line) by page number. On page 222 of the Gutenberg it says "if I had examined everything with care which I would have shown..." It didn't make sense to me when I was reading, so I went to our hard-copy to double-check. As I suspected, it should have read: "if I had examined everything with the care which I would have shown..." that missing "the" makes the syntax incorrect. How does one go about reporting such things?

Thanks!

Ken

Post by **chocoholic** » July 4th, 2007, 3:11 pm

Ken, Gutenberg does indeed have two different versions of the Return. The link in the first post goes to one of them; you must be on the other one. It shouldn't matter. I checked that sentence and it's the same in both of them, and it's also written that way (without the extra "the") in my own copy. I agree that it makes more sense to have the "the," but I guess it has been printed without it in some editions. I have no clue which way Conan Doyle originally wrote it, so I suppose the proper thing to do is to read it as it is in Gutenberg and contact them about a possible text error (if you feel like it). However, since we at LibriVox strive for 99% accuracy or whatever (giving plenty of wiggle room), I will be happy with whichever way you read it.

Obviously you can't (as a general rule) change words in a PD text just because you like your own way better, but in this case it doesn't change the meaning at all, so it's no problem. (I've changed words before when they were obvious typos in Gutenberg, too -- bog for dog, that sort of thing.) It would be interesting to know which way is indeed the correct way -- interesting in a nerdy way, that is.

Side note -- I wonder if all of us on this project have our own texts sitting around.

Ken Theriot · Post by **Ken Theriot** » July 4th, 2007, 3:29 pm

Laurie Anne,

The version I have is from "The Complete Sherlock Holmes Treasury," which is actually "a facsimile of the original publications in Strand Magazine, 1901-1905." It seems we have a mystery on our hands:). I know that there are fanatical Sherlockians out there who can answer definitively what was in the "canon," and what was not. I'm not sure who is the final arbiter of what get's corrected at Gutenberg though, in case there actually is a transcription error somewhere. Do you know?

Ken

ZachBG · Post by **ZachBG** » July 4th, 2007, 3:30 pm

Well, in the original Strand publication (I have a facsmile thereof), the "the" is indeed there. So, in a nerdy way, there you have it.

edit: Aw, Ken, you beat me to it!

Ken Theriot · Post by **Ken Theriot** » July 4th, 2007, 3:44 pm

Thanks Zach! It seems that most, if not all, on-line versions come from the same source, which is clearly in error. I have gone to several sites which host .txt versions, and so far all of them (admittedly a small sample size of 4) have this error. Not sure what to do from here though.

Ken