COMPLETE : The Mikado Jewel, by Fergus Hume -jo

[VfkaBT]

The Mikado Jewel, by Fergus Hume (1859 - 1932).

This project is complete. All audio files can be found on the catalog page.
https://librivox.org/the-mikado-jewel-by-fergus-hume/

A widow has been murdered in the home of a relative on a foggy night in London town when all residents were off on to the theatre, and one to run an errand involving the title bauble. Who done it? Old dark house mystery full of period cliches is pulp fun for the new year. ( Matt Pierard)

• Text source (only read from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/56243
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  Genres for the project: Crime & Mystery Fiction/Detective Fiction
  
  Keywords that describe the book: London, theater, murder mystery, plucky heroine, jewel theft
  
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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):
  • "Chapter [number] of The Mikado Jewel. 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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    "The Mikado Jewel, by Fergus Hume. [Chapter]"
  
  
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  Title: ## - [Section title]
  Album: The Mikado Jewel
  
  
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[knotyouraveragejo]

I'll set this up for you, Matt. MW will be available shortly.

[VfkaBT]

Thanks, Jo! I've added the chapter titles to the MW.
1-2 uploaded.

[HZFerr]

I love a good "who done it", do you need a DPL?

Helen

[VfkaBT]

Yes, please, Helen.
Chapter 3 uploaded to MW. Thanks!

[VfkaBT]

4 and 5 uploaded.

[HZFerr]

PL OK for:

sect1 I. A Mysterious Mission

sect 2 Ii. What Happened * Just a note for the future (nothing needs to be done now) in the last 5 seconds of silence there is background noise.

sect 3 Iii. Afterwards
sect 4 Iv. The Inquest
sect 5 V. The Inquest Continued

Great story and great reading,

[VfkaBT]

6-8 in MW.
Thanks!

[HZFerr]

PL OK for:

sect 6 Vi. A Family Legend
sect 7 Vii. The Garden Of Sleep
sect 8 Viii. Theodore

Well read.

[VfkaBT]

MW updated with new chapters, thanks!

[HZFerr]

PL OK for:

sect 9 Ix. Basil

sect 11 Xi. Harry's Sweetheart

[HZFerr]

sect 10 X. The New-Comer

PL OK


*Note, Would you check out this background noise for the future? 11:25, 11:55

[VfkaBT]

12 -14 uploaded.

I listened to that file you noted -- it's cars or a jet going past my house, can't be easily edited out. Also probably keeps me off Audible, going by a recent thread in the forum.

[VfkaBT]

15-16 uploaded.

[HZFerr]

welcome back.

sect 12 Xii. A Japanese Diplomatist
sect 13 Xiii. The Unexpected

PL OK


Sometimes there is nothing we can do about occasional background noise or in my case constant, A CLOCK.