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The Day before Yesterday by Richard Middleton (1882 - 1911).

This project is now complete! All audio files can now be found on the catalog page for this project https://librivox.org/the-day-before-yesterday-by-richard-middleton/
This is a volume of short stories and essays by Richard Middleton. The British poet and author wrote a large number of short pieces during his life, which are today still as entertaining as they were then. Published 1912, one year after Middleton's death, this volume collects some of the best specimens of his prose. ( Carolin)
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      No more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of the recording!
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      • "Section [number] of The Day before Yesterday. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org"
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Post by Carolin »

i think this will be a ton of fun. we did richard middletons monologues a while ago, and these pieces are just starting where the monologues left off.

all readers and a dpl are most welcome :D
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Post by BettyB »

May I start us off with 8, 13 and 23....

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Post by Carolin »

thank you :)
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Post by Carolin »

Off we go to readers wanted :D
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Post by Annyiee »

Hello, could I read 31, 32 and 33?

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Post by Carolin »

Absolutely, thank you!
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Post by Annyiee »

Section 31 - 6m15

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/daybeforeyesterday_31_middleton_128kb.mp3

Hmm, felt a little creepy reading the "cure", times have changed....

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Post by JorWat »

Hi Carolin,

After the last project finished a lot quicker than expected, I find myself needing a new project to be DPL for, and this looks perfect!
Jordan

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Thank you both :mrgreen:
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Post by JorWat »

Annyiee wrote:Section 31 - 6m15

https://librivox.org/uploads/carolin/daybeforeyesterday_31_middleton_128kb.mp3

Hmm, felt a little creepy reading the "cure", times have changed....

Thanks/Annyiee
32 and 33 are PL OK (but very weird... Illiterate people are the most intelligent? 2+2=4 is some kind of propaganda?)

As for 31:

4:30: 'recipe' should be 'receipt'
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thank you jordan!
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Post by Annyiee »

Yes some strange stories! I knew I was reading the word wrong but thought it must be a typing error. Maybe it's just not a phrase I am familiar with but the cookery reference implied recipe? No??? I have no problem changing it but wanted to double check! :hmm: Here's the line:

And for those who are not fortunate enough to number in their acquaintance children of the right age and humour, here, as the cookery books say, is a tried receipt.

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