[Complete][Solo]The Inheritance by Susan Ferrier - kit

[neecheelok70]

The Inheritance by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier (1782 - 1854).

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"As the noblest attribute of man, family pride had been cherished time immemorial by the noble race of Rossville. Deep and incurable, therefore, was the wound inflicted on all its members by the marriage of the honorable Thomas St. Clair, the youngest son of the Earl of Rossville, with the humble Miss Sarah Black, a beautiful girl of obscure origin and no fortune." And so the stage is set for our plot, which focuses on the implications and complications of the return from France to Scotland of the Rossville widow and her daughter-heiress Gertrude, who must suffer the onslaught of relations and suitors as well as a mysterious, threatening stranger who plagues her mother. And while we suffer with Gertrude, who also may be in love with the wrong man, we enjoy a myriad of wonderful satiric portraits of the menagerie of minor characters in this lively story.

• Text source (only read from this text!):
  > Volume 1: https://archive.org/details/inheritance03ferrgoog/page/n13
  (alternative link - only for missing pages - for Volume 1: https://archive.org/details/inheritance00marrgoog/page/n8)
  > Volume 2: https://archive.org/details/inheritance04ferrgoog/page/n8
  (alternative link - only for missing pages - for Volume 2: https://archive.org/details/inheritance02ferri/page/n5)
  > Volume 3: https://archive.org/details/inheritance02ferrgoog/page/n9
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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):
  • "Section [##] of The Inheritance. 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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  • "Section[##] of The Inheritance by Susan Edmonstoune Ferrier. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
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[neecheelok70]

The MC and DPL for this project is Kitty.

[Kitty]

ok MW is ready to be filled in. I offered a suggestion for doing this, maybe Volume I. Chapter I and so on ? Since there are 3 volumes which start with Chapter 1 each time, it might be confusing else.

I also changed the intro/outro to "section" rather than chapter, for the same reason. Please see example and tell me if you're happy with this suggestion.

And the file names need 3 digits, because we have over 100 sections I think we're in for a bit of time on this one. But I'm looking forward to the story.

As soon as you've seen this, I will move us over to Going Solo Here's to another fruitful collaboration.

btw I found it extremely funny that the beginning is taken from Jane Austen "it is a truth universally acknowledged..." now who stole from whom ?

Sonia

[neecheelok70]

Thanks so much. I should have noticed some of those things, and I will try to be more vigilant in future with my set-ups. I like all your decisions; they are the better way to go in every case. Hope you will not regret being tied down so, especially as you say because we are in it for the long haul on this first one. But I too am already excited to get started. Jim

[Kitty]

Hope you will not regret being tied down so, especially as you say because we are in it for the long haul on this first one. But I too am already excited to get started. Jim

well, what are you waiting for, grab the mic and off you go

I don't think I'll regret it

I'll move us to Going solo now....

Sonia

[neecheelok70]

I was just waiting for the word. Here we go!

[Kitty]

I was just waiting for the word. Here we go!

The chapters seem pretty short I love short sections. Might be easier to find them if we write the pages in the notes section (I gave you an example).

Sonia

[neecheelok70]

Sounds good.

[neecheelok70]

Here is Section 1.

[Kitty]

Here is Section 1.

ok you really mean it when you say you're eager to start I will PL tomorrow though I think, it's a bit late today and I need to rest my eyes and ears a bit.

But it will be the first thing tomorrow probably. By then you'll probably have done chapter 2 already

Can you also put the time in the MW in the notes sections please ?

good night

Sonia

[neecheelok70]

How did I forget that?

[Kitty]

all right, I listened to Chapter 1 and I must say, I already like the book. The author is a good writer and although it's written in an easy language, it is not trivial, but an engaging story. I guess the main plot will revolve around the growing-up and education of little Gertrude in the Highlands. I hope her uncle will not prove too much of a grumpy old nuisance.

I have a few small notes concerning some lengthy pauses you make. To me as listener they felt a tad too long for comfort, so maybe you could consider trimming them a tiny bit. I think 1.5 seconds is long enough.

> at 1:07-1:09 (p. 1): between “Tower of Babel” and “Even the dark”
> at 2:08-2:10 (p. 2): between “pride and ambition” and “The usual consequences”
> at 2:57-2:59 (p. 2): between “honourable profession” and “But Mr St Clair’s mind”
> at 4:27-4:29 (p. 3): between “his only portion” and “The natural wish”
> at 8:19: (p. 6): “readily transferred to it” – there is a hiccup or repeat of the word “it” here, that could be cut out

Otherwise, a great start into the book. Looking forward to the next chapter.

Sonia

[neecheelok70]

Yes, I am also already engaged. I'll fix the pauses.

[neecheelok70]

Here is the revised 001.

[Kitty]

excellent, thank you, yes now it sounds better

PL ok. A good start into the story.

Sonia