(Novel) The Portion of Labor by Mary E. Wilkins - phil

Kryptonian · Post by **Kryptonian** » April 21st, 2017, 9:51 am

Hello,

I'm looking for some short chapters of a variety of works and this looks quite interesting.
I'd like to record Chapter 25 if I may.

Post by **philchenevert** » April 21st, 2017, 10:26 am

Kryptonian wrote:Hello,

I'm looking for some short chapters of a variety of works and this looks quite interesting.
I'd like to record Chapter 25 if I may.

Welcome to this project (it is indeed interesting!) and to LibriVox Scott. Chapter 25 is all yours to enjoy. Ask if anything is confusing.

Kryptonian · Post by **Kryptonian** » April 21st, 2017, 3:27 pm

philchenevert wrote:
Kryptonian wrote:Hello,

I'm looking for some short chapters of a variety of works and this looks quite interesting.
I'd like to record Chapter 25 if I may.
Welcome to this project (it is indeed interesting!) and to LibriVox Scott. Chapter 25 is all yours to enjoy. Ask if anything is confusing.

Terrific! Thank you. I'll definitely ask if I get lost along the way

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » April 27th, 2017, 8:20 am

I'm taking 18 and 19 also.

Post by **philchenevert** » April 27th, 2017, 9:59 am

VfkaBT wrote:I'm taking 18 and 19 also.

Great.

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » April 30th, 2017, 10:00 am

18 uploaded.

Post by **craigdav1** » May 1st, 2017, 8:06 am

18 PL OK.

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » May 1st, 2017, 12:30 pm

19 uploaded,thx.

Kryptonian · Post by **Kryptonian** » May 1st, 2017, 1:49 pm

Kryptonian wrote:
philchenevert wrote:
Welcome to this project (it is indeed interesting!) and to LibriVox Scott. Chapter 25 is all yours to enjoy. Ask if anything is confusing.
Terrific! Thank you. I'll definitely ask if I get lost along the way

Ok, just a note (so far) that while I'm enjoying the read I have to say I am struggling with recording the language as written! Still going to give it the ol' college try, but wow. I truly didn't think it would be quite as difficult to lay down as its become. Trying to keep my pace without slowing down too much etc.

Also, is there a cast of characters anywhere available? I didn't see it here. But jumping in to a chapter without reading the entire book (I've perused some other chapters), I want to make sure of the relationships.

ie: who are Robert and Risely to Ellen and Cynthia?

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » May 2nd, 2017, 2:51 pm

who are Robert and Risely to Ellen and Cynthia?

Robert Lloyd is Cynthia's nephew, who she raised as her son after his mother died when he was a baby. He is the heroine Ellen's boyfriend, more or less. He loves her, she loves him, but they aren't officially dating because of class / caste considerations of the time. Risely is, I believe, Cynthia's beau.

If you do a search on the book in Google Books or Unz dot org, you can find period reviews of the novel to give you more background on the story. Just look it up by title and author. I think it was originally published in 1903.

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » May 2nd, 2017, 2:55 pm

Phil, I'm taking 10-12.

Post by **philchenevert** » May 2nd, 2017, 4:38 pm

VfkaBT wrote:Phil, I'm taking 10-12.

good!

Post by **craigdav1** » May 2nd, 2017, 4:51 pm

VfkaBT wrote:19 uploaded,thx.

19 PL OK.

Kryptonian · Post by **Kryptonian** » May 3rd, 2017, 1:43 pm

VfkaBT wrote:
who are Robert and Risely to Ellen and Cynthia?
Robert Lloyd is Cynthia's nephew, who she raised as her son after his mother died when he was a baby. He is the heroine Ellen's boyfriend, more or less. He loves her, she loves him, but they aren't officially dating because of class / caste considerations of the time. Risely is, I believe, Cynthia's beau.

If you do a search on the book in Google Books or Unz dot org, you can find period reviews of the novel to give you more background on the story. Just look it up by title and author. I think it was originally published in 1903.

Thanks for the info and research site note. Very helpful!

VfkaBT · Post by **VfkaBT** » May 3rd, 2017, 2:20 pm

10 in MW -thx.