This collection of short stories includes "The Punctiliousness of Don Sebastian," "A Bad Example," De Amicitia," "Faith," "The Choice of Amyntas," and "Daisy." Together they show W. Somerset Maugham's early attempt in storytelling, which he comes to master as one of 20th century's best teller of tales. ( Lilith Branda)
Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Genres for the project: Short Stories/Single Author Collections
Keywords that describe the book: short stories
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The reader will record the following at the beginning and end of each file:
No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording! START of recording (Intro):
"Section [number] of Orientations. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Say: "Orientations, by W. Somerset Maugham. [Section]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
"Section [number] of Orientations by W. Somerset Maugham. This LibriVox recording is in the Public Domain."
If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
Only if applicable, say: "[Section title]"
END of recording:
At the end of the section, say: "End of [Section]"
If you wish, say: "Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]"
At the end of the book, say (in addition): "End of Orientations, by W. Somerset Maugham. "
There should be about 5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.
Example filename orientations_##_maugham_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. orientations_01_maugham_128kb.mp3)
Example ID3 V2 tags ID3 tags are now optional. They are added automatically during cataloging.
Artist: W. Somerset Maugham
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: Orientations
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Could you please check the intro to Section 3. It contains part of the long intro, but not all of it. If it's OK with you, just tell me and I will mark it PL OK.
My best,
Pam
"Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm."