This project is complete and all audiofiles can be found in the catalogue: https://librivox.org/childe-harolds-pilgrimage-cantos-i-ii-by-george-gordon-lord-byron/
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/5131Childe Harold's Pilgrimage is a narrative poem in four parts written by Lord Byron. It was published between 1812 and 1818. The poem describes the travels and reflections of a world-weary young man who, disillusioned with a life of pleasure and revelry, looks for distraction in foreign lands. In a wider sense, it is an expression of the melancholy and disillusionment felt by a generation weary of the wars of the post-Revolutionary and Napoleonic eras.
The title comes from the term Childe, a medieval title for a young man who was a candidate for knighthood.
Cantos 1 & 2 describes Harold's travels in Iberia and the Mediterranean. (Summary by Alan Mapstone)
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- Project Code: JiSruLq3
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron (George Gordon, Lord Byron)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Childe_Harold's_Pilgrimage
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 11
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
- Original publication date (if known): 1812
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Genres for the project: Poetry/Narratives
Keywords that describe the book: poetry, travel, English, byron
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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:
End of recording: say:"Dedication to Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos 1&2. 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."] "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos 1&2, by George Gordon, Lord Byron. To Ianthe."
For the second and subsequent sections say:"End of Dedication." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
End of recording say:"Section # of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos 1&2, by George Gordon, Lord Byron. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Recording by your name, city."] "Section Title."
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Recording by your name, city."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage: Cantos 1&2, by George Gordon, Lord Byron."
PLEASE DO NOT READ THE VERSE NUMBERS
Filename: childeharoldspilgrimagecanto12_##_byron_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. childeharoldspilgrimagecanto12_01_byron_128kb.mp3)
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