This project is complete! All audio files are available on our catalog page:
https://librivox.org/recollections-of-the-revolution-and-the-empire-by-henriette-lucie-dillon-marquise-de-la-tour-du-pin-gouvernet/
An abridged translation of an aristocratic Frenchwoman's personal record of the first 45 years of her long life. The author, Lucie, was of Irish Jacobite descent and a member of the high nobility who served Marie Antoinette as a young Dame du Palais. Having resourcefully managed to survive the Terror she, with her husband and young family, went into exile - part of it spent dairy farming in upstate New York. Later Lucie was introduced to the court of Napoleon Bonaparte (to whose Empress she was related by marriage) . This famous historically valuable memoir, written for her son, ends with Napoleon's return from Elba in 1815. ( barbara2)
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://archive.org/stream/recollectionsofr00lato#page/n7/mode/2up
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Genres for the project: : Non-fiction/Biography & Autobiography; Non-fiction/History/Early Modern
Keywords that describe the book: Journal d'une femme de 50 ans, Revolution, Napoleon, France - 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):- "Part [no.] Chapter [no.] of Recollections of the revolution and the empire. 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:
"Recollections of the revolution and the empire, by Henriette Lucie de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet. Translated by Walter Geer.Part 1 Chapter 1"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Part [no.] Chapter [no.] of Recollections of the revolution and the empire by Mme de La Tour du Pin. 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:
"[Chapter title]"
- At the end of the section, say:
"End of [Part, Chapter]" - 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 Recollections of the revolution and the empire, by Henriette Lucie de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet, translated by Walter Geer. "
There should be about 5 seconds of silence at the end of the recording. - Example filename recollections_###_latourdupin_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ### is the Part, Chapter and Section (e.g. recollections_33_latourdupin_128kb.mp3)
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Pamela Nagami has kindly agreed to be my DPL.
Best,
Barbara