COMPLETE - [GRP MEMOIR] Chateau and Country Life in France by Mary King Waddington - lny

LucyK · Post by **LucyK** » November 27th, 2020, 9:40 am

ColleenMc wrote: ↑November 26th, 2020, 1:13 pm Thanks Lucy! She really did seem to have a very nice life....I came across a New York Times magazine interview with her (from a trip back to NYC after years of living in France) that I plan to record for a short nonfiction collection one of these days.

Colleen

That sounds really interesting; I've been reading a bit about her on Wiki, what a long and varied life! And I like it that she was such a late bloomer; moved to France in her late thirties, married and had her son over 40, for the events of this book she must have been well over 60 and published it even later, then went on to do more public work during WW1 and lived to 90, into the 1920s. She's been quite a find; are there any plans to read any other of her works? There are several more on Gutenberg, I'd be up for it!

Post by **ColleenMc** » November 27th, 2020, 5:08 pm

I have at least one more of her books on my gigantic list of bookmarks of possible projects....but it’s a very long list and will probably depend on a whim when I’m deciding to start a new project....if you are wanting to pursue any of her other books, go for it, I will look forward to hearing them!

Colleen

Post by **ColleenMc** » November 29th, 2020, 5:45 am

zzy55 wrote: ↑October 11th, 2020, 5:50 pm Hello. Here is section 8. I did not use compression or normalization on this or the other 2 files - if you think I need to just let me know and I will apply to the file when I revise it if needed.
https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_08_waddington_128kb.mp3

I'm so sorry I missed this post last month! This means all the recordings are in and we can finish up prooflistening and then head to catalog....nearly there!

Colleen

linny · Post by **linny** » November 29th, 2020, 6:22 am

And it's Sunday which is Kevin's PLing day.

Post by **ColleenMc** » November 29th, 2020, 6:55 am

Woot!

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 29th, 2020, 1:21 pm

zzy55 wrote: ↑October 11th, 2020, 5:50 pm Hello. Here is section 8. I did not use compression or normalization on this or the other 2 files - if you think I need to just let me know and I will apply to the file when I revise it if needed.
https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_08_waddington_128kb.mp3

A fine reading! Just two issues to correct. There are repeats at 14:47 (two or three) and at 16:29.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 29th, 2020, 1:59 pm

LucyK wrote: ↑November 26th, 2020, 6:28 am Section 14:

https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_14_waddington_128kb.mp3

Time: 31.42

Racing to the finish now! Her franglais is getting almost out of control in this one, it gets quite hard work switching between accents several times in a sentence! Still, I've got rather fond of her by now, she does seem to enjoy her life so much!

You did a wonderful job with the Franglais! PL OK!

One note: We make a custom of closing footnotes with "End of footnote," but the transition here is quite clear.

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 29th, 2020, 2:23 pm

leighfo wrote: ↑October 18th, 2020, 12:22 pm Hi there!
I made the changes and re-uploaded. The new recording is 26:44.
Thank you!
Melinda
https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_07_waddington_128kb.mp3

I'm sorry I overlooked this. PL OK!

Great job!

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » November 29th, 2020, 2:35 pm

alexfoster wrote: ↑October 28th, 2020, 9:50 am
KevinS wrote: ↑October 12th, 2020, 5:09 pm
You know already about the incorrect introduction and I'm sure you'll get the file name done properly. That's all that's of real concern.

I would like to recommend that you truncate the pauses a bit. I'm not a role model, but I rarely have pauses in prose pieces that are more than a second in length. 1.5 seconds works in many cases, and more than 2 seconds can sound terribly long. But you seem to know what you like. It's really up to your taste and, possible, the wishes of the BC.
OK have amended the start and gone through and truncated some of the more egregious pauses

https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_17_waddington_128kb.mp3
20'52"

So nearly finished!

My apologies for having you wait so long for me.

PL OK!

Wonderful job!

LucyK · Post by **LucyK** » November 30th, 2020, 7:21 am

KevinS wrote: ↑November 29th, 2020, 1:59 pm
LucyK wrote: ↑November 26th, 2020, 6:28 am Section 14:

https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_14_waddington_128kb.mp3

Time: 31.42

Racing to the finish now! Her franglais is getting almost out of control in this one, it gets quite hard work switching between accents several times in a sentence! Still, I've got rather fond of her by now, she does seem to enjoy her life so much!
You did a wonderful job with the Franglais! PL OK!

One note: We make a custom of closing footnotes with "End of footnote," but the transition here is quite clear.

Thanks Kevin - I saw the note about 'end of footnote' after I'd done it, and was expecting to have to re-do it, but thanks for letting me off!

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » December 19th, 2020, 2:11 pm

Colleen, I have made the edits to Section 8 on your advice. It is now ready for its Spot Check.

For reference:

KevinS wrote: ↑November 29th, 2020, 1:21 pm
zzy55 wrote: ↑October 11th, 2020, 5:50 pm Hello. Here is section 8. I did not use compression or normalization on this or the other 2 files - if you think I need to just let me know and I will apply to the file when I revise it if needed.
https://librivox.org/uploads/linny/chateauandcountrylife_08_waddington_128kb.mp3
A fine reading! Just two issues to correct. There are repeats at 14:47 (two or three) and at 16:29.

Post by **ColleenMc** » December 19th, 2020, 3:16 pm

Thank you so much Kevin! It's PL OK and we are DONE and ready to catalog!

Colleen

KevinS · Post by **KevinS** » December 19th, 2020, 3:31 pm

ColleenMc wrote: ↑December 19th, 2020, 3:16 pm Thank you so much Kevin! It's PL OK and we are DONE and ready to catalog!

Colleen

Will be an ideal addition!

linny · Post by **linny** » December 20th, 2020, 5:13 am

Well done, everyone! Cataloging begins now.

linny · Post by **linny** » December 20th, 2020, 6:50 am

Congratulations!

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/chateau-and-country-life-in-france-by-mary-king-waddington/