COMPLETE[stories] A bunch of keys, where they were found and what they might have unlocked -ck

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A bunch of keys, where they were found and what they might have unlocked - A Christmas book by Various ( - ) and others.
This is a little collection of short stories, written by different authors and published in 1865. It is a Christmas book, and the stories will make you feel an old-fashioned Christmas spirit. All stories relate to a key that opens something, be it a door, a box, or a heart. ( Carolin)
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Post by Carolin »

Chapter Divisions:

The Key of the Piano
, split on page 66

part 1
please read until: "I could meet with that bloated coward"
part 2
please start at "Once again in London"

The Key of the Nursery Cupboard, split on page 171

part 1
please read until "from even the shadow of suspicion"
part 2
please start at "So with her little box"

The Key of the Study, split on page 219/220

part 1
please read until "when he got a commission" (pg 219)
part 2
please start at "And Mary Horton?" (pg 220)
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Post by Carolin »

fixed the order of sections. we are now ready to go! all readers and a dpl are more than welcome!
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Post by JayKitty76 »

Hi Carolin,
Can I DPL this? This will be my second time around as a DPL, so hopefully I have enough experience :wink: Looking forward to this, I researched it but couldn't find very much information on it, so I previewed a few pages and it looks excellent! It is a cheering Christmas read :thumbs:

Best,
JayKitty
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Post by svonb002 »

What a joyous collection for the season. May I claim section 0?
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Post by Carolin »

Thats great, thank you both :D

Welcome to this project jaykitty!
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Post by JayKitty76 »

Carolin wrote: ↑December 3rd, 2018, 11:15 pm Thats great, thank you both :D

Welcome to this project jaykitty!
Thanks, Carolin :D Definitely looking forward to this project. As there are no uploads (yet :lol: ) I cannot begin but I will be checking every day :thumbs:
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Post by Carolin »

We will get started soon enough :thumbs:
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Post by opheliad »

May I have section 1, please? Looks like such a charming book!
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Post by opheliad »

Hope it was ok to go ahead... and I am very sorry to make more work for you, but my mp3 is not playing nicely with the LV uploader for some reason.

Here's a link to my recording (08:35)
https://www.dropbox.com/s/5zl70pxoj0erqwn/abunchofkeys_01_various_128kb.mp3?dl=0
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Post by Carolin »

thanks ophelia! i have signed you up, but i need you to upload this section with the librivox uploader. i cant accept dropbox links. thanks!
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Post by opheliad »

Ok, I re-converted the file to mp3 using Switch, and now it works with the uploader. It's 12.4MB. Here's the URL:

https://librivox.org/uploads/cori/abunchofkeys_01_various_128kb.mp3
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Post by JayKitty76 »

Thanks, Opheliad, I'll get to prooflistening soon :thumbs:
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Post by Kalamareader »

May I claim Section 2? This will be my first project, so please be patient with me. :)
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Post by Carolin »

Thank you ophelia :thumbs:
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