[COMPLETE] Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by R.S. Surtees - kd

[boojumuk]

Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour by Robert Smith Surtees (1805 - 1864).

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/mr-sponges-sporting-tour-by-robert-smith-surtees/

Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour is a delightful comic satire of the fox-hunting fraternity of the mid 19th Century. Surtees takes great pleasure in creating comic personalities and dialogue and resembles the later Pickwick Papers of Dickens, whose style may well have been influenced by Surtees. The story follows the eponymous Soapy Sponge, a Victorian freeloader and confidence trickster, who manages to work his way around the gentrified houses of southern England, fox-hunting as he goes. (Kevin Green)

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  Genres for the project: Dramatic Readings; Humorous Fiction; Satire
  
  Keywords that describe the book: humor, travel, fox hunting
  
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There is already a PL for this project - lvictoria

[KiltedDragon]

All set to go. I shortened up the filenames so they are not so long.

[boojumuk]

Just a thought, is it ok to number the preface 00 so that I can keep the chapter numbers in sync with the section numbers?
Kevin

[KiltedDragon]

I think that should be perfectly fine.

[lvictoria]

Just checking in.

[boojumuk]

And off we go. As you'll probably hear, I've got a cold, so probably won't be doing much until my nose is clear again . Nice short preface to start with


https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/spongestour_00_surtees_128kb.mp3

time 1:11

Kevin

[boojumuk]

Barry
just a query about the tags put on the work at the start - I've tagged this 'dramatic reading', as I do the various voices for the characters (best I can anyway). Is that dramatic reading, or is dramatic reading reserved for multi reader works?
Kevin

[KiltedDragon]

Probably not really hurting anything but we normally reserve that for the multi-reader/character projects.

[lvictoria]

The Preface is PL OK

Hope you feel better soon, Kevin!

[boojumuk]

Couldn't wait for chapter 1 to be started, so hit the decongestants etc.


https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/spongestour_01_surtees_128kb.mp3

time 12:36

Kevin

[lvictoria]

1 is PL OK

[boojumuk]

It's no good, I was getting withdrawal symptoms! So here's chapter 2, sneaked in between my other work

https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/spongestour_02_surtees_128kb.mp3

time 13:27

Kevin

[lvictoria]

Good for you!!

2 is PL OK!! (and fun to listen to)

[boojumuk]

Chapter 3 ready to go

https://librivox.org/uploads/kilteddragon/spongestour_03_surtees_128kb.mp3

time 20:18

Kevin

[lvictoria]

3 is PL OK!!