COMPLETE Hans of Iceland by Victor Hugo -ck

Post by **Kitty** » July 13th, 2016, 10:19 am

re-uploaded chapter 25 (section 28) for spot PL. Same running time.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » July 16th, 2016, 10:17 am

And I finished another big chapter.

This time Ordener meets with a man who is mistakenly guessing what his business with Hans of Iceland is. This starts off a round of confusion which will, a few chapters later, put Ordener in a situation unusual for a man of his position.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_31_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 25:14 min.

Only one really BIG chapter left, all the remaining will be about 20 minutes or less. What a relief.

And John, I included a nice peasant accent for you to enjoy again, watch out for it in the first half of this chapter.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » July 17th, 2016, 11:23 am

And here is chapter 29 finished, I spent the entire day on this one, but I think it turned out quite good. This is the scene that would take up half the running time of a Hollywood movie. Ordener finally clashes with Hans !

Hope you have fun listening to the fight

And as always, I had a blast doing Hans

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_32_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 19:40 min.

Sonia

jburlinson · Post by **jburlinson** » July 17th, 2016, 8:21 pm

Kitty wrote:And I finished another big chapter. This time Ordener meets with a man who is mistakenly guessing what his business with Hans of Iceland is. This starts off a round of confusion which will, a few chapters later, put Ordener in a situation unusual for a man of his position.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_31_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 25:14 min.

Only one really BIG chapter left, all the remaining will be about 20 minutes or less. What a relief.

And John, I included a nice peasant accent for you to enjoy again, watch out for it in the first half of this chapter.

Sonia

Loved the peasant accent -- and the characterization of Maase. It's good to hear someone cowering again.

You keep going from strength to strength. Only one exceedingly small note:

at 21:07, p. 315 -- the line is "Well, then you do know!" -- you left out the "do"

I wouldn't take the trouble to change it -- but I'm not the perfectionist you are. It's your call.

Post by **Kitty** » July 21st, 2016, 6:21 am

Thanks John

as you already guessed, I re-uploaded the corrected Chapters 28 and 29 for Spot PL.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_31_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 25:14 min.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_32_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 19:40 min.

And I finished another chapter.

This one takes a bit the same function as the chapter with Levin's secretaries. Here you see officers of the Munkholm battalion, talking about the latest news and events, to recapitulate the story so far.

Do you remember the officer from the very first chapter, who talked with Spiagudry in the Spladgest ? As a reminder, this is what he said:

"By Saint Beelzebub!" cried the soldier, "it is an officer of my regiment. Let me see; can it be Captain Bollar, — from grief at his uncle's death? Bah! he is the heir. Baron Randmer? He lost his estate at cards yesterday, but he will win it back to-morrow, with his adversary's castle. Can it be Captain Lory, whose dog was drowned, or Paymaster Stunck, whose wife was unfaithful to him? But, really, I don't see why he should blow out his brains for that!"

Well, Victor Hugo did not invent those names in vain, here in this chapter, Captain Bollar, Baron Randmer and Captain Lory will receive a speaking role. I like it that people who have previously been only mentioned, show up much later with a characterization. And I had fun bursting out laughing in this chapter

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_33_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 12:09 min.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » July 22nd, 2016, 8:35 am

And just before I leave, I took the resolution to finish another longer chapter. After this one there will be 5 or 6 smaller ones, so that will be nice to start again after the trip.

This time Ordener manages to get into quite a mess again, and yet again, his life is saved by an unlikely small item, which the listeners might already have forgotten about at this point.... it's always good to remember stuff Hugo wrote in previous chapters, because they will show up again later.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_34_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 18:31 min.

Sonia

jburlinson · Post by **jburlinson** » August 1st, 2016, 7:39 pm

Chapter 30 PL OK.

I love all the little touches you put into your readings. Your charm and wit as a reader perfectly matches those of Hugo as the author.

Post by **Kitty** » August 5th, 2016, 7:28 am

Thanks John !

finally, after a few days of rest, I dared to tackle the next two chapters. It felt strange getting into this story again, and I am quite self-conscious, whether I still "have it in me" to do the voices

Please be honest, if you feel that these two chapters are in any way different from the others, performance-wise. It felt a bit awkward, starting again.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_35_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 1:33 min. (this was the smallest chapter of the book, only one page long, good as a starter

)

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_36_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 7:47 min.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » August 6th, 2016, 7:56 am

and another small chapter. Again, we are witnesses to another secret meeting between our two head-scoundrels. This time I think my performance is back to old standards, I probably needed a bit of warming up. Good thing the chapters are so short for the time being. A bit of practice before the final dreaded long chapter

has to be done.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_37_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 6:16 min.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » August 8th, 2016, 8:14 am

and another short one for this project. Only 20 chapters to go !!!! And only one dreadfully long yet to go.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_38_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 5:31 min.

Sonia

Post by **Kitty** » August 12th, 2016, 9:30 am

Chapter 36 uploaded, in which our beloved Ethel receives the visit of quite a nasty lady....

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_39_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 14:14 min.

Sonia

jburlinson · Post by **jburlinson** » August 12th, 2016, 6:47 pm

Chapters 31, 32, 34 and 35 all PL OK and all wonderful. I love the choruses of voices.

Post by **Kitty** » August 13th, 2016, 11:57 am

jburlinson wrote:Chapters 31, 32, 34 and 35 all PL OK and all wonderful. I love the choruses of voices.

thanks John. I can't remember doing a chorus of voices

And here is another one finished. Our hardy rebels fall into the trap...

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_40_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 17:39 min.

Time for some more statistics, I finished over 70% of the pages of the book. Apparently I already read over 9 hours worth.

Never thought I could manage that.

Sonia

jburlinson · Post by **jburlinson** » August 13th, 2016, 5:33 pm

Kitty wrote:Chapter 36 uploaded, in which our beloved Ethel receives the visit of quite a nasty lady....

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_39_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 14:14 min.

Sonia

Very nicely handled -- a study in contrasts. I enjoyed it muchly.

Only one tiny note:
at 9:32 -- p. 373 -- the text says: "...we have found a friend, noble lady -- one only". "One only," said the great lady...

you read "only one" both times

Hardly a problem really as far as the meaning goes. But, all the same, you wanted everything...

Post by **Kitty** » August 14th, 2016, 6:31 am

jburlinson wrote:Only one tiny note:
at 9:32 -- p. 373 -- the text says: "...we have found a friend, noble lady -- one only". "One only," said the great lady...

you read "only one" both times

Hardly a problem really as far as the meaning goes. But, all the same, you wanted everything...

wow well checked !! I really read this wrongly both times. But indeed, there is probably a singular emphasis on the meaning, if the words are in this more unusual sequence. I decided to change it, it was no big work correcting them. I reuploaded the new file.

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_39_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 14:15 min.

and I also finished another smaller interlude chapter. This one explains, why the musketeers knew how to ambush the rebels. After reading the chapter, knowing what we know about Hans' motives, we can but pity the poor colonel, who thinks he has got help, but in reality only leads his own men into a trap

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/hansoficeland_41_hugo_128kb.mp3
Recording time: 5:45 min.

Sonia