[Complete] Hauntings by Vernon Lee - lt

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Hauntings, by Vernon Lee (1856 - 1935)

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/hauntings-by-vernon-lee/

"Hence, my four little tales are of no genuine ghosts in the scientific sense; they tell of no hauntings such as could be contributed by the Society for Psychical Research, of no specters that can be caught in definite places and made to dictate judicial evidence. My ghosts are what you call spurious ghosts (according to me the only genuine ones), of whom I can affirm only one thing, that they haunted certain brains, and have haunted, among others, my own and my friends'—yours, dear Arthur Lemon, along the dim twilit tracks, among the high growing bracken and the spectral pines, of the south country; and yours, amidst the mist of moonbeams and olive-branches, dear Flora Priestley, while the moonlit sea moaned and rattled against the moldering walls of the house whence Shelley set sail for eternity." (Summary by Vernon Lee from the Preface)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9956

Target completion date:

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[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Lee (Vernon Lee)
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[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 9
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Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Keywords that describe the book:

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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 Hauntings. 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."] "Hauntings, by Vernon Lee. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Hauntings, by Vernon Lee. 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 Hauntings, by Vernon Lee."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: hauntings_##_lee_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. hauntings_01_lee_128kb.mp3)

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

MC to select: lynnet

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 flavo5000 on August 15th, 2022, 1:05 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Post by Lynnet »

Setting this up for you.

Edit: Let me know if you need anything else.
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Post by flavo5000 »

Lynnet wrote: August 11th, 2022, 3:27 pm Setting this up for you.

Edit: Let me know if you need anything else.
I'm getting an error that I don't have permission to the BC Admin link. Can you help with that?
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Post by Lynnet »

flavo5000 wrote: August 11th, 2022, 3:43 pm
Lynnet wrote: August 11th, 2022, 3:27 pm Setting this up for you.

Edit: Let me know if you need anything else.
I'm getting an error that I don't have permission to the BC Admin link. Can you help with that?
Check it now.
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Post by flavo5000 »

Lynnet wrote: August 11th, 2022, 3:53 pm
flavo5000 wrote: August 11th, 2022, 3:43 pm
Lynnet wrote: August 11th, 2022, 3:27 pm Setting this up for you.

Edit: Let me know if you need anything else.
I'm getting an error that I don't have permission to the BC Admin link. Can you help with that?
Check it now.
It's working now, thanks! Now I just need a DPL.
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Post by Lynnet »

flavo5000 wrote: August 11th, 2022, 4:01 pm Now I just need a DPL.
I know it's difficult if you don't know the book, but some sort of summary helps to attract a DPL (sometimes) -- even just based on the first chapter. It can always be edited later.
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First two sections are ready for PL as soon as I can get someone to do it.
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flavo5000 wrote: August 14th, 2022, 1:33 pm First two sections are ready for PL as soon as I can get someone to do it.
I will DPL this project for you. I currently have a bit of a backlog but much more time and broadband? now that I am back from the wilds of Maine.
Christine
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brownrottger wrote: August 15th, 2022, 10:26 am
flavo5000 wrote: August 14th, 2022, 1:33 pm First two sections are ready for PL as soon as I can get someone to do it.
I will DPL this project for you. I currently have a bit of a backlog but much more time and broadband? now that I am back from the wilds of Maine.
Christine
Excellent! Thank you!
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Christine. Added as DPL
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Section 0 is PL Ok!
Christine
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Section 1 notes:
1:17 missing word "such"; should be "I shall produce just another such book"
43:23 should be "the firs groaning"; I heard "the firs growing"
44:15 missing word "old"; should be "(old idiot!)"
54:43 mispronounced "Medea"; I heard "Mea"
Thanks!
Christine
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brownrottger wrote: August 17th, 2022, 10:55 am Section 1 notes:
1:17 missing word "such"; should be "I shall produce just another such book"
43:23 should be "the firs groaning"; I heard "the firs growing"
44:15 missing word "old"; should be "(old idiot!)"
54:43 mispronounced "Medea"; I heard "Mea"
Thanks!
Christine
Ok, should be fixed now. Fun fact: That was the single longest section I've ever recorded (although the last section of this book will definitely be longer).
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Please remember to keep below 74 minutes. Sections longer than that need to be split in two (and that’s usually around 8,500 words)
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Post by flavo5000 »

Lynnet wrote: August 17th, 2022, 3:03 pm Please remember to keep below 74 minutes. Sections longer than that need to be split in two (and that’s usually around 8,500 words)
Yep, I know. I tend to read a little faster than some readers. That first track was about 9,000 words and came out to ~55 min.
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