COMPLETE: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos -jo

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"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, by Anita Loos (1888 - 1981)

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

https://librivox.org/gentlemen-prefer-blondes-by-anita-loos/


Volunteers outside the USA: Anita Loos died in 1981. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 50 years; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
In this comic novel written by American author Anita Loos, we follow the adventures of the fictional character Lorelei Lee who is a young blonde flapper. This story takes place in the hedonistic Jazz Age and is written in the form of a diary from Lorelei's viewpoint as she shares stories of the men she entertains in New York City and Europe. “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” was an instant bestseller and has been declared as “the great American novel” by Edith Wharton. (Summary by Jenn Broda)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/gentlemenpreferb0000unse/page/n7/mode/2up

Target completion date: 2021-09-30

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: Humorous Fiction; General Fiction/Published 1900 onward

Keywords that describe the book: humor, diary fiction, jazz age fiction

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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 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady. 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."] Gentlemen Prefer Blondes by Anita Loos. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section # of "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" by Anita Loos. 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 "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes": The Illuminating Diary of a Professional Lady, by Anita Loos."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: gentlemenpreferblondes_##_loos_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. gentlemenpreferblondes_01_loos_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.
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

Sounds like a fun read, Jenn. I'll MC for you. MW will be up shortly.
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Post by jennlea »

Thank you, Jo! I'll get the MW all filled out later today :)
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Chapter 1 is up in the MW for when a DPL arrives :)
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Post by knotyouraveragejo »

I'll go ahead and move this to Going Solo. You can post in Listeners Wanted for a DPL. Here's a link to the template in case you haven't used it before.


https://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/ProofListening_Template
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Post by jennlea »

Thanks, Jo! Will do!
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Post by mb »

Hi!

I'd be happy to PL this, if you'd like.
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mb wrote: July 31st, 2021, 11:43 am Hi!

I'd be happy to PL this, if you'd like.
That would be lovely! Thank you :9:
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Post by mb »

Happy to help, looking forward to the rest!

Chapter 1 is PL OK.

Great work!
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Thank you, mb!
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Post by jennlea »

Quick update:

Still working on this project. Got about half of the next chapter recorded and with luck I’ll be able to finish it in the next few days.
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Post by mb »

Thanks for the update!
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Chapter 2 is finally ready for PLing!
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Post by mb »

Chapter 2 is PL OK!

This is fun!
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It is, isn't it?!

Looking forward to seeing where the next chapter takes Lorelei!
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