[Complete] The Wanderer's Necklace by H. Rider Haggard -lt

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The Wanderer's Necklace by H. Rider Haggard (1856 - 1925).

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-wanderers-necklace-by-h-rider-haggard/

The Wanderer’s Necklace is classic Haggard, filled with adventure, intrigue, and steadfastness in the face of overwhelming obstacles. “The Editor" recalls his past life as Olaf, an 8th century Norseman. Olaf opens the ancient tomb of the Wanderer and discovers a sword and half a necklace on the warrior’s crumbling skeleton. Olaf must find the other half of the necklace, and the woman who wears it. Love, betrayal, a clash with Norse god Odin, and the attentions of toxic Byzantine Empress Irene test Olaf to his limits (Tom Penn )
  • Text source (only read from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3097
  • Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard



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  • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (H. Rider Haggard) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Rider_Haggard
  • Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wanderer's_Necklace
  • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 21
  • Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
  • Original publication date (if known): 1914
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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction

Keywords that describe the book:

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[*]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):
  • "Book 1 Chapter 1 of The Wanderer's Necklace. 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:
    "The Wanderer's Necklace, by H. Rider Haggard."


For the second and all subsequent sections use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
  • "Book [number] Chapter [number] of The Wanderer's Necklace by H. Rider Haggard. 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]"
END of recording:
  • At the end of the section, say:
    "End of Book [number] Chapter [number]"
  • 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 Wanderer's Necklace, by H. Rider Haggard. "

There should be 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes.

[*]Example filename wanderersnecklace_##_haggard_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. wanderersnecklace_01_haggard_128kb.mp3)

[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: H. Rider Haggard
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: The Wanderer's Necklace


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Last edited by Penumbra on December 12th, 2017, 8:38 am, edited 2 times in total.
Tom Penn
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Post by Penumbra »

Lynne: Annyiee is going to record this book. I will be BC and DPL.

I decided to include the dedication and editor's note in section 1 so there are no extra sections, just one per chapter. The longest chapter is some 7000 words so none is too long to need to be broken into multiple sections.

One of us will come up with a summary eventually.

Thank you for your help. :thumbs:
Tom Penn
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Post by Lynnet »

This is all set up for you.
I have entered you both as BCs so you will both have access to the MW...
But Annyiee, in order to access the Magic Window, there are some steps you need to follow. You will only need to do this once. Just let me know if you want instructions on doing that as it is usual for the soloist to act as their own BC.

Let me know if you need anything else.
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Annyiee: Please note that the intro for the first section is what you are used to but the intros for the rest of the sections is different (shorter).

I would like to fold the dedication and editor's note into the first section, so for that section:
  • Read first section intro
    Read dedication
    Read editor's note
    Say "Book 1, Aar. Chapter 1, the betrothal of Olaf."
    Read chapter 1.
    Read outro.
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Post by Annyiee »

Thank you both so very much for doing the hard part! I will eventually get with the program (next time) but for this one I'll follow your instructions and maybe some of the greenhorn will fall away.

Thanks again/Annyiee
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Post by Lynnet »

Moved to Going Solo.
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Post by Annyiee »

Hi Tom and Lynnet

https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/wan ... _128kb.mp3 27m33

Geez, I hope I've done this right, I did get a BC Admin password and added url for chapter 1. I do have Book 1 ready but am pretty unsure if I've done something horribly wrong or not and will wait to hear from you before I go adding anything more, or should I leave it alone ? Didn't see where to add length of recording so am adding all here.

I did add Dedication and Editors Note to beginning and read as the text had it. Im sure you'll let me know what needs to change!

Thanks for your patience/Annyiee
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Post by Annyiee »

I've just realized the time would go in the notes section??

Annyiee
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Post by Lynnet »

Everything looks good :thumbs:

Now Tom has set up the project, that is all you need to do as a BC... just keep adding chapters. Soon, you'll wonder what was so difficult 8-) And next time, you can try setting one up... any MC will guide you through the process if needed (we do it a lot, so no shame is asking).

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Post by Annyiee »

:clap: What a relief!!

Thanks for the support Lynne, you and Tom have made this so positive. I agree, once you know how to do something you wonder what the problem was.

You're stellar teachers (and hand holders......). Thanks again/Annyiee
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Post by Penumbra »

Section 1 is PL OK! :clap:

Well read, and flawless! Thank you.

It looks like sections 2 through 6 are ready for PL. Is that right?
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Post by Annyiee »

Thanks Tom, they're all ready but I couldn't figure out how I got the "ready for PL" on the first one and not the rest....
I was very excited that I got them on at all! What did I miss on the rest to get that to come up? If I need to redo let me know because they are ready.

I'll start on Book ll tomorrow, my Christmas activity plan!

Hope you have a fine holiday season (Im trying to picture a GREEN Christmas!)

Thanks again Tom/Annyiee
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Post by Penumbra »

To set the status (assigned, ready for PL, etc) on a section in the MW you click on the status, which will take you to a drop down that gives you the various choices, and you pick the one you want. For this project, when you enter a new section in the MW you pick ready for PL. When I proof listen I update the status to PL OK if all is well, or See PL Notes if there was a problem.

Christmas is really more brown than green here except for the evergreens. We actually had a light dusting of snow one evening about a week ago--last snow fall was 10 or 15 years ago. Of course it was all gone by noon, but it was a real treat while it lasted.
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Section 2 is PL OK! :clap:
Section 3 is PL OK! :clap:

Well done!
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Post by Penumbra »

Section 4 is PL OK! :clap:

Section 5, one item:
17:00 to 17:06 repeated phrase "for as the fray went on"

Very well read.
Tom Penn
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