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The Newcomes , by William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 - 1863)

This project is complete and all audio files can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/the-newcomes-by-william-makepeace-thackeray/
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family was written in serial form in 1854- 1855 by the author of such works as Vanity Fair, The Book Of Snobs. It tells the story of a few generations of the Newcome family: their rise to respectability, marriages, love, and the culture in which they lived. The novel teaches the reader what it was like to live in Victorian England (Summary by Stav Nisser )
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/7467

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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs

Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.

Say:
"Chapter # of The Newcomes . This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "The Newcomes, by William Makepeace Thackeray. Chapter #, Title."
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Filename: newcomes_##_thackeray_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. newcomes_01_thackeray_128kb.mp3)

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Post by Rapunzelina »

Hi, Stav! Let me MC this project. It's a long book! Classic Thackeray! :D
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Magic Window is in place, and you have access.
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Post by miss stav »

Saw just now. Wow, so sorry. Will fill in the mw asap.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Thank you, Stav! We may need word counts to make sure any chapters are not too long to require splitting. It's not uncommon in big novels. So I can do the word counts, unless you have already done them?
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Post by miss stav »

You can do them sure.
The chapter titles are rather long. I hope they woul enter the title filld. Would you like me to wait with that until you minish?
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If they are long, how about using just chapter 1, chapter 2, etc, for the section titles?
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Post by Rapunzelina »

I have now added the word counts. There are a few longer chapters but nothing that would require splitting in my opinion.
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Window is finally filled in with chapter titles. Sorry it took me so long.
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Post by Rapunzelina »

Moved to Readers Wanted. This will be a long project I think, so the preparation will be just a short moment in time :)
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Post by MaddieBurns »

Hi there, I'd love to get reading on this project, if you're looking for people to read still?

- Maddie :)
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Post by miss stav »

Sure, which chapters would you like?
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Post by MaddieBurns »

Great! Would it be okay to do a couple of chapters? Could I go for Chapter 77, and Chapter 20 if that's okay?

Thanks!

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Post by miss stav »

Sure, have fun.
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Post by MaddieBurns »

Hiya,

Here are the two chapters:

Chapter 20: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/newcomes_20_thackeray_128kb.mp3
Chapter 77: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/newcomes_77_thackeray_128kb.mp3

Chapter 20 is 22 minutes 23 seconds long & Chapter 77 is 5 minutes 56 seconds long
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