[COMPLETE][Gothic Fiction]Tales and Stories by Mary Shelley - kit

Solo or group recordings that are finished and fully available for listeners
Post Reply
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

Tales and Stories, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797 - 1851)

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project https://librivox.org/tales-and-stories-by-mary-wollstonecraft-shelley/
While Mary Shelley will most likely always be known for her enduring classic of mad science Frankenstein, this collection intends to show the sheer breath and quality of her writing beyond the creation for which she is most known. Many of these stories are told in an atmospheric gothic fiction vein, full of eerie old castles, strange revelations and family secrets. But we also have stories of the supernatural and even science fiction to contend with. Shelley was a true literary master and should be recognized for her contributions to literature beyond her most famous work. (Summary by Ben Tucker)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56665

Deadline: Please submit your recording within 2 months of placing your claim. If you cannot complete the recording within this time, please post in the thread to relinquish your claim or to ask the BC for an extension. If your recording is not completed by the deadline, your claim may be reassigned at the BC's discretion.

Claiming sections: Look in the Magic Window below for the list of available sections. Post a reply in this thread asking for the section you would like to record.

New to recording? Please see our Newbie Guide to Recording for further instructions. A quick guide to our required technical settings can be found here. When you post your file, please tell the BC what name you would like to use in our catalog.

Prooflistening level: Standard
Prospective PLs, please see the Guide for Proof-listeners.

Please don't download or listen to files belonging to projects in process unless you are the BC or PL. Our servers are not set up to handle the greater volume of traffic. Please wait until the project has been completed. Thanks!

Magic Window:



BC Admin
========================================

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:
"Section # of Tales and Stories.
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."]
"Tales and Stories, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section #."
[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 Tales and Stories, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: talesandstories_##_shelley_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. talesandstories_01_shelley_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
Image
(If you have trouble reading the image above, please contact an admin)

MC to select: Kitty

Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into a new post in this thread along with the file duration (mm:ss). Watch this thread for prooflistening notes.

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! Just post in this thread.
Last edited by flavo5000 on September 14th, 2022, 7:45 am, edited 7 times in total.
loon
Posts: 2903
Joined: December 31st, 2016, 9:14 pm
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota

Post by loon »

The source text should be listed as
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56665

This should be a great project!
Rich Brown - Minneapolis, MN
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

loon wrote: June 24th, 2022, 8:21 pm The source text should be listed as
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56665

This should be a great project!
Ok, fixed it.

And yea, I'm surprised this collection of Mary Shelley short stories hasn't been done before at all! I guess people just want to keep doing Frankenstein over and over...
Kitty
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 38921
Joined: March 28th, 2014, 5:57 am

Post by Kitty »

Great find ! I will MC this. MW coming up soon !

Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
catharmaiden
Posts: 553
Joined: June 3rd, 2015, 1:58 am
Location: Luxembourg
Contact:

Post by catharmaiden »

What a coincidence! I came across an illustration of the story "Transformation" just the other day. Seems like serendipity that I have to read it now. Can I claim it?

Sandra
Kitty
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 38921
Joined: March 28th, 2014, 5:57 am

Post by Kitty »

I'm a bit confused...you write "Group" in your title line, but you set it up like a Solo. Which is it going to be ? :hmm:

Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

Kitty wrote: June 26th, 2022, 7:07 am I'm a bit confused...you write "Group" in your title line, but you set it up like a Solo. Which is it going to be ? :hmm:

Sonia
Oh, d'oh! I intended to set it up as GROUP. My mistake. Do I need to regenerate the OP template or is that something you can fix?
Kitty
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 38921
Joined: March 28th, 2014, 5:57 am

Post by Kitty »

flavo5000 wrote: June 26th, 2022, 10:30 amOh, d'oh! I intended to set it up as GROUP. My mistake. Do I need to regenerate the OP template or is that something you can fix?
ok I can manually correct it, but not tonight, about to go to bed. Will do it tomorrow first thing.

Thanks for confirmation

Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

Kitty wrote: June 26th, 2022, 12:55 pm
flavo5000 wrote: June 26th, 2022, 10:30 amOh, d'oh! I intended to set it up as GROUP. My mistake. Do I need to regenerate the OP template or is that something you can fix?
ok I can manually correct it, but not tonight, about to go to bed. Will do it tomorrow first thing.

Thanks for confirmation

Sonia
I'll just go ahead and regenerate the template. That shouldn't take but a minute or two.
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

Kitty wrote: June 26th, 2022, 12:55 pm
flavo5000 wrote: June 26th, 2022, 10:30 amOh, d'oh! I intended to set it up as GROUP. My mistake. Do I need to regenerate the OP template or is that something you can fix?
ok I can manually correct it, but not tonight, about to go to bed. Will do it tomorrow first thing.

Thanks for confirmation

Sonia
Ok, I went ahead and just updated it to a group project in the OP. Hopefully everything looks ok now.
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

catharmaiden wrote: June 26th, 2022, 6:43 am What a coincidence! I came across an illustration of the story "Transformation" just the other day. Seems like serendipity that I have to read it now. Can I claim it?

Sandra
Sure, whenever we get the MW setup, I'll assign it to you. Thanks!
alanmapstone
Posts: 7934
Joined: February 15th, 2012, 12:20 pm
Location: Oxford

Post by alanmapstone »

Hi
When this is set up may I read The False Rhyme which should be section 6?
Alan
the sixth age shifts into the slippered pantaloon with spectacles on nose
flavo5000
Posts: 3742
Joined: October 7th, 2021, 2:55 pm

Post by flavo5000 »

alanmapstone wrote: June 26th, 2022, 1:36 pm Hi
When this is set up may I read The False Rhyme which should be section 6?
Sure!
brownrottger
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 9092
Joined: May 11th, 2021, 5:00 pm
Location: Westford, Massachusetts USA

Post by brownrottger »

I would like to DPL.
Christine
Kitty
LibriVox Admin Team
Posts: 38921
Joined: March 28th, 2014, 5:57 am

Post by Kitty »

flavo5000 wrote:Ok, I went ahead and just updated it to a group project in the OP. Hopefully everything looks ok now.
We're fine now, the MW is up and ready to be filled out. :thumbs: Thanks

I would also need a few keywords for the cataloguing later.

I'll wait until the MW is filled out, then we can move to Readers Wanted.
brownrottger wrote:I would like to DPL.
Christine
excellent Christine, you now have access to the MW as well. Thank you.

Sonia
I will be on vacation from Wednesday 27 March till Sunday 14 April
and unable to PL during that time. Thank you for your patience.
Post Reply