[COMPLETE] Romances of Old Japan by Y. T. Ozaki - availle

[mlcui]

Romances of Old Japan by Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871 - 1932).

This project is now complete. All files can be found on the catalog page:
https://librivox.org/romances-of-old-japan-by-yei-theodora-ozaki/

A collection of short stories from old Japan rendered into English by Yei Theodora Ozaki.
Filled with tales of honor, adventure, tragedy, and romance, this collection
will surely give anyone interested in Japanese culture and literature (as well as anyone
who can appreciate a good story well-told) an insightful and enjoyable experience. ( mlcui)

• Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/details/romancesofoldjap00ozak
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  Genres for the project: Short Stories/Single Author Collections
  Keywords that describe the book: short stories, old japan
  
• The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
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  • "Chapter [number] of Romances of Old Japan. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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• Example filename romancesofoldjapan_##_ozaki_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. romancesofoldjapan_01_ozaki_128kb.mp3)
  
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Any questions?
Please post below

[Availle]

How nice! I have looked at this myself a while ago, but I'm too busy with other stuff...

At least, I'll MC this for you!

Later:
Your MW is up and running! I am not offering to DPL at this point, since I'm really busy with other stuff still. But I am sure somebody will be along soon.

I am not sure if there are enough sections - the stories look awfully long, about 50 pages each. Remember that we shouldn't go over 74 minutes per section; if you need a bigger MW, just let me know.

Have fun!

[jburlinson]

Hi. I can DPL this for you, if you'd like. Sounds like an interesting read.

[mlcui]

Thank you very much, Ava and John! I'll get to it

You're right about the need for more sections, I think it will end up with maybe sixteen or so.
But it's simple enough to add more sections to the MW as I go.

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_01_ozaki_128kb.mp3
Section 1, 15:32.

[Availle]

I have added John as DPL for this as well as a few more sections.

And since you have started already, let's move us to "going solo". Enjoy you two!

[jburlinson]

Thank you very much, Ava and John! I'll get to it

You're right about the need for more sections, I think it will end up with maybe sixteen or so.
But it's simple enough to add more sections to the MW as I go.

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_01_ozaki_128kb.mp3
Section 1, 15:32.

Wonderful reading -- very fine! There was only one minor slip, right at the beginning (0:42) where the word "impeding" was read as "impending". But this is very insignificant, so this section is PL OK.

It will be a lot of fun reading this book with you as my guide.

[mlcui]

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_02_ozaki_128kb.mp3
Section 2, Duration 26:47

Apologies for taking so long. Hard to find recording time with
noisy neighbors around. Argh.

[jburlinson]

Terrific job. I like the way you're handling the footnotes -- very elegant. Section 2 PL OK.

[mlcui]

Section 3, duration 18:02
https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_03_ozaki_128kb.mp3

Thanks for your help and your kind words, they mean a lot

[jburlinson]

Section 3 pl OK.

This is a fascinating read. Each chapter goes to a place that I had not anticipated at all.

[mlcui]

Section 4, duration 23:30
https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_04_ozaki_128kb.mp3

I love stories like these - never predictable, never boring.
They are atmospheric and perfectly paced. I'm glad you seem to be enjoying them, too.

[jburlinson]

Section 4, PL OK.

[mlcui]

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_05_ozaki_128kb.mp3
section 5, duration 37:10

[jburlinson]

https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_05_ozaki_128kb.mp3
section 5, duration 37:10

Fascinating -- and extremely well read. PL OK.

[mlcui]

section 6, duration 22:22
https://librivox.org/uploads/availle/romancesofoldjapan_06_ozaki_128kb.mp3