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The Strange Story Book by Mrs. Lang (1851 - 1933).

All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/the-strange-story-book-by-leonora-blanche-lang/
A collection of stories compiled by the widow of the renowned children's short-story collector, Andrew Lang. She describes this as the final installment of his series of fairy stories and includes some of those stories he had not included in other collections. In the preface, she pays tribute to her husband, saying he liked old things more than new, he loved all beasts' because they were beasts', fairies, cricket and dancing. He longed to visit far away places, but hated to travel. But most of all he befriended children wherever he went and they shared stories with him. Only his own children mocked him. ( Lynne Thompson)
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    6. Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Leonora Blanche Lang) : n/a
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    8. Number of sections (files) this project will have: 35
    9. Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: Yes
    10. Original publication date (if known): 1913
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    Genres for the project: Children's Fiction/Myths, Legends & Fairy Tales

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    strangestorybook_##_lang_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. strangestorybook_01_lang_128kb.mp3)




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pattymarie
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Post by pattymarie »

Could I dpl this?
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Post by Lynnet »

pattymarie wrote:Could I dpl this?
Thank you, yes!
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Post by pattymarie »

Section 10 is PL OK.
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Post by 2839reader »

Hi, claim sections 30 and 31 please. ?
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Post by Lynnet »

2839reader wrote:Hi, claim sections 30 and 31 please. ?
You've got them.
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Post by chicamia »

I would like to claim the Preface please.
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Post by Lynnet »

chicamia wrote:I would like to claim the Preface please.
Thank you for claiming!
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Post by pnrapisora »

Section 14 please? :-)
I'd like to be identified as Nico Rapisora in the catalogue.
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pnrapisora wrote:Section 14 please? :-)
I'd like to be identified as Nico Rapisora in the catalogue.
Hi Nico and welcome to Librivox. I see you have had your test ok'd and are ready to get recording :clap: I will enter you in the catalog (that only needs to be done once) and assign story 14 to you. Please be sure to read the first post and if you have any questions, just ask.
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Post by Kalynda »

May I have section 8 please?
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Post by Lynnet »

Kalynda wrote:May I have section 8 please?
Thank you for claiming.
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Post by chicamia »

Here is the Preface: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/strangestorybook_01_lang_128kb.mp3

I have recorded one other thing for Librivox, but since I do not know if they will get to it first, if I have not been entered in the catalog, please identify me as Kalyn Heminger. Thank you.
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Post by Lynnet »

chicamia wrote:Here is the Preface: https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/strangestorybook_01_lang_128kb.mp3

I have recorded one other thing for Librivox, but since I do not know if they will get to it first, if I have not been entered in the catalog, please identify me as Kalyn Heminger. Thank you.
Thank you. I have added you to the catalog.
How long is your file please, in minutes and seconds (mm:ss)?
Also, if there are edits, please upload your file as _00_, as _01_ is for the first story, not the preface. If there are no edits, I can change the file name.
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Post by pattymarie »

Section 0 PL notes:

The reading of section 0 is fine, but it starts at six seconds which gives a much longer silence than is desirable at the beginning. Could you snip that down to a second or so? Then I'll be able to mark the section PL OK.
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