[COMPLETE]"The Rise of David Levinsky" by Abraham Cahan - tg

[chulsky]

The Rise of David Levinsky by Abraham Cahan (1860 - 1951).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/the-rise-of-david-levinsky-by-abraham-cahan/

Volunteers outside the USA: Abraham Cahan died in 1951. The author's work may be protected by copyright in places like Europe, where copyright is author's death plus 70 years.

Coming to New York from the Russian Empire, Abraham Cahan founded the Jewish Daily Forward to help Yiddish-speaking immigrants adjust to life in New York. He also became a popular novelist, best known for his semi-autobiographical The Rise of David Levinsky, a Russian Jew who emigrates to America and rises from rags to riches. (Wikipedia)

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[TriciaG]

Hello there!
I'd like to start "The Rise of David Levinsky" by Abraham Cahan. It was published in 1917 and is Cahan's best known work; told in the form of a fictional autobiography of a Russian Jew who emigrates to America and rises from rags to riches. More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rise_of_David_Levinsky.
The text is here: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2803

Looking for an MC, DPL, and readers (the novel is almost 170 000 words long and divided into 14 books, so there will be enough for everyone to share).

Go to the Project Template Generator, fill it in, then copy and paste all of the resulting code into your first post here. That's how a project gets started.

[chulsky]

Thank you, Tricia!

[TriciaG]

Looks good. If no one else MCs it before tomorrow evening, I'll do so.

Do you have a preference for how Cahan should be pronounced?

[chulsky]

Do you have a preference for how Cahan should be pronounced?

Thank you! I've added the "PRONUNCIATION TIPS" before section 6 of the first post.

[TriciaG]

OK, you should be set up. I put in the first couple section titles as a suggestion, but you're free to change them.

I changed the intro wording back to the original. It's not something that can be changed.

[chulsky]

Thank you, Tricia! I hope I'm not imposing on you; if you don't want to MC this, we can wait for a volunteer...

I changed the intro wording back to the original. It's not something that can be changed.

Sorry, that was what I heard in other LV recordings. Will toe the line

[TriciaG]

You're not imposing at all! I freely stepped in as MC here.

I'm tempted to DPL, but I'll wait and see if anyone else is dying to do so.

[chulsky]

I'm tempted to DPL, but I'll wait and see if anyone else is dying to do so.

Great! What can I do to fly off the "New Projects Launch Pad"?

[TriciaG]

It's probably best to get all the chapter titles and word counts in the MW before going elsewhere, but it's not a requirement. That's what I'm waiting for, anyway. Would you like me to move it now instead?

[chulsky]

It's probably best to get all the chapter titles and word counts in the MW before going elsewhere...

Done! There are 2 extra sections at the end, I don't know how to remove them
After a careful recount, there should be 59 sections.
Thanks!

[TriciaG]

BCs can't delete sections; only MCs can. I've done so.

Moving to Readers Wanted!

[chulsky]

Posted Section 01, 12:33

[marinal88]

Hello Tricia,

My name is Marina and I am available to do PL for "The Rise of David Levinsky" project.
Previously I worked on two Jabotinsky projects.
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask.

Have a good week, Sincerely,
Marina

[TriciaG]

Great! You don't appear to have been DPL or have Magic Window access before.

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