COMPLETE: The End Of The Tether, by Joseph Conrad -jo

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The End Of The Tether, by Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924)

This project is now complete.  All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:

https://librivox.org/the-end-of-the-tether-by-joseph-conrad/

At an age when he should, by rights, be embarking on a well-deserved and comfortable retirement, Captain Whalley, a sailor of the old school — and even, in a small way, a pioneer of the eastern maritime trade — finds himself forced by circumstance and his own sense of honour to bind himself to a three year contract of employment as captain of a tramp steamer whose owner is the steamer's own engineer, and a mean and surly gambling addict to boot. Even this challenging situation, however, soon proves to be the least of Captain Whalley's difficulties. (Summary by Peter Dann)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/527

Target completion date: 2021-09-30

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: sailing, tales of the sea

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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.

For the first section, say:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The End Of The Tether. 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 End Of The Tether, by Joseph Conrad. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of The End Of The Tether, by Joseph Conrad. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of The End Of The Tether, by Joseph Conrad."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: endofthetether_##_conrad_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. endofthetether_01_conrad_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

MC to select: knotyouraveragejo

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.
Last edited by TheBanjo on August 12th, 2021, 1:34 am, edited 3 times in total.
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Sunrise2020 has kindly agreed to act as DPL for this project.
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Hi Peter,

I can MC this for you. Your MW will be up shortly.
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knotyouraveragejo wrote: August 3rd, 2021, 8:49 am Hi Peter,

I can MC this for you. Your MW will be up shortly.
Thanks so much Jo, and pleased to meet you.

I believe we're ready for you to move this off to the Solos area now.

I've just uploaded:
Section 01: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/endofthetether_01_conrad_128kb.mp3 (8:30)
Section 02: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/endofthetether_02_conrad_128kb.mp3 (18:46)
Section 03: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/endofthetether_03_conrad_128kb.mp3 (13:02)
Section 04: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/endofthetether_04_conrad_128kb.mp3 (18:25)
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PL of sections 1-4 is ok and we're off to a very enjoyable start!
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Sunrise2020 wrote: August 8th, 2021, 9:21 am PL of sections 1-4 is ok and we're off to a very enjoyable start!
Glad you're enjoying this!
Quite apart from its unusual, but very simple and clear, plot line, this novella has some passages of descriptive prose that must surely rank with Conrad's very finest, in my view.
I have now uploaded:
Chapter 09: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/endofthetether_09_conrad_128kb.mp3 (23:27)
Chapter 10: https://librivox.org/uploads/knotyouraveragejo/endofthetether_10_conrad_128kb.mp3 (22:50)
Although it doesn't look like it from the chapter count alone, we're actually only about half way through the novella at this point.
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PL of sections 5-8 are ok.

I'm glad we're less than halfway through this novella.
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knotyouraveragejo wrote: August 3rd, 2021, 8:49 am Hi Peter,

I can MC this for you. Your MW will be up shortly.
Jo, I have now added a summary of the novel to the first posting of this topic (I had not provided a summary previously). Can you please ensure this summary gets transferred to the appropriate repository?
With thanks,
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That's a great summary and a teaser for things to come.

PL of sections 9-11 is ok.
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TheBanjo wrote: August 11th, 2021, 1:40 am
Jo, I have now added a summary of the novel to the first posting of this topic (I had not provided a summary previously). Can you please ensure this summary gets transferred to the appropriate repository?
With thanks,
Peter
Got it Peter. Thanks.
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knotyouraveragejo wrote: August 11th, 2021, 9:53 am
TheBanjo wrote: August 11th, 2021, 1:40 am
Jo, I have now added a summary of the novel to the first posting of this topic (I had not provided a summary previously). Can you please ensure this summary gets transferred to the appropriate repository?
With thanks,
Peter
Got it Peter. Thanks.
Sorry to do this to you, Jo, but I've had a fit of the fidgets with that book summary I added recently, and have now changed it somewhat in the opening posting of this topic (which is not, I know, where you ultimately keep track of it). I've got only one more section left to record now, so you're probably going to be free of my fidgeting ways soon...
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It's OK, Peter. Better to fidget with it than be unhappy with it once it's in the catalog. :) I'll update in the database now, so I don't forget.
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