(SOLO) Lady Byron Vindicated, by Harriet Beecher Stowe- phi

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Lady Byron Vindicated, by Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896).

This project can now be found in our catalog at https://librivox.org/lady-byron-vindicated-by-harriet-beecher-stowe/
In 1869, the Atlantic published Stowe's article, The True Story Of Lady Byron's Life, a brief exposé of the famous poet Lord Byron's sordid private life which had led to a separation from his wife and drove him out of England, as told to her by Lady Byron herself before her death. Stowe wrote this article long after Lady Byron's death, when Lady Byron‘s impeccable reputation was being smeared across Europe by Byron's influential literary friends, and her trustees were doing nothing to defend her.
Criticism against the article raged in the American and European press and damaged the Atlantic's circulation, but Stowe remained confident, and the following year, she expanded her article into this full-length exposé. Sprinkled throughout with Byron's biting poetry, Lady Byron's and other notable correspondence, and Stowe's outrage at the way women were belittled and treated as property during the Victorian period, the invectives in this book are, even by modern standards, intense! (Summary by Michele Fry, Soloist)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44791?msg=welcome_stranger#Page_304
  • Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): Special, DPL please follow along with the text and point out any discrepancies that strike you (mispronunciations, significant changes of meaning, etc.) I will really appreciate your help.

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  • I will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
    Between 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!

    INTRO, first section only:
    • "Part #, Chapter # of Lady Byron Vindicated, A History of the Byron Controversy (first section only add "from it's beginning in 1816 to the present time"), by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Published in 1870 by
      SAMPSON LOW, SON, AND MARSTON, in 1870. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org". Read by Michele Fry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana". Lady Byron Vindicated, Publisher's Note and Chapter One, Introduction

    INTRO: second and all subsequent sections:
    Part #, Chapter # of Lady Byron Vindicated, A History of the Byron Controversy, by Harriet Beecher Stowe, This Librivox recording is in the public domain". Chapter#, Title, Part x of y (if applicable)[/i]

    OUTRO, end of recording:
    • At the end of the section, say:
      "End of [Chapter #, Chapter Title]" Read by Michele Fry, Baton Rouge, Louisiana".
    • At the end of the book, say (in addition):
      "End of Lady Byron Vindicated, by Harriet Beecher Stowe. "

    There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of each recording.
  • Example filename ladybyronvindicated_##_hbstowe128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. ladybyronvindicated_01_hbstowe_128kb.mp3)
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    Title: ## - [Section title]
    Album: Lady Byron Vindicated, A History Of The Byron Controversy

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Hi Michele. I would be glad to MC this. Has anyone already asked for the honor?
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philchenevert wrote:Hi Michele. I would be glad to MC this. Has anyone already asked for the honor?
Thanks, Mr. Phil. That would be awesome.
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When setting up the MW, please include a 00 section for the Publisher's Note. I hadn't seen that before. Thanks.
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OK, Magic Window is up! :thumbs:
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msfry wrote:When setting up the MW, please include a 00 section for the Publisher's Note. I hadn't seen that before. Thanks.
Thanks, Phil. I sent this note earlier today asking you to include another section, 00. Apparently you didn't see it.
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msfry wrote:
msfry wrote:When setting up the MW, please include a 00 section for the Publisher's Note. I hadn't seen that before. Thanks.
Thanks, Phil. I sent this note earlier today asking you to include another section, 00. Apparently you didn't see it.
Yep, missed it. will do so tonight.
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The 00 section is added. Please fix the spelling, my ;' does not work right now.
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The MW is filled in and I have begun recording. This solo will tuck in and around others projects I am also working on, so I am not in a particular rush to finish it. I won't let it drag on too long, just not at breakneck speed. :)
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Phil, I have decided to combine the short Publisher's Preface with Chapter 1, thus I must ask you to remove Section 00 from the MW. At your convenience, of course.
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Sections 1 and 2 have been uploaded. Pretty scandalous stuff for its day . . . reads kind of like an Inquirer Magazine!

https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenev ... _128kb.mp3 10:22

https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenev ... _128kb.mp3 40:16
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Section 3 is uploaded

https://librivox.org/uploads/philchenev ... _128kb.mp3 40:54

I never realized what an intense and flamboyant character Byron was. As his publishers destroyed his autobiography after his death as too scandalous, I am most curious to find out if any of the 5 copies that were supposedly made are still in existence and/or have ever been published.

Until a DPL comes along, I guess I'm just talking to you Mr. Phil. Hope you don't mind. I like to talk to someone!
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Hi, Michele!

Hey, I'd be glad to sign on as DPL.

I should be able to listen to the sections you have posted soon.
~ Larry
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You can talk to me anytime, Michele. Your comments are always fun to read. And welcome Silverquill! Image
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philchenevert wrote:You can talk to me anytime, Michele. Your comments are always fun to read. And welcome Silverquill! Image
Thanks, Mr. Phil. Please tell me where you get your adorable emoticons! I gotta have some.
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