[Complete] Celebrated Women Travelers of the Nineteenth Century by W.H.Davenport Adams - lt

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Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by W. H. Davenport Adams (1828 - 1891).

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The nineteenth century saw the expansion in popularity of travel among the wealthy. Add to this the independence more women were enjoying as they were released from work in the home, and we have the recipe for some intrepid female travelers. Here we see the stories of just some such adventurous women. ( Lynne Thompson)
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  6. Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (W. H. Davenport Adams) : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Davenport_Adams
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  8. Number of sections (files) this project will have: 19
  9. Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
  10. Original publication date (if known): 1883
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Post by Piotrek81 »

Can I take the whole Ida Pfeiffer segment? I took part in recording one of her books, and it would be interesting to see how others saw her.
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Piotrek81 wrote: March 9th, 2018, 11:43 am Can I take the whole Ida Pfeiffer segment? I took part in recording one of her books, and it would be interesting to see how others saw her.
Certainly. I was thinking about her book, too :thumbs:
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Could I read the section on Isabella L. Bird please? I did a number of her books already, maybe there's something more to know about her. :D
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Availle wrote: March 9th, 2018, 5:50 pm Could I read the section on Isabella L. Bird please? I did a number of her books already, maybe there's something more to know about her. :D
I'll assign it.
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Post by Piotrek81 »

I'm going to tacle one of my sections today. I just wanted to ask how I'm supposed to read the intro/outro, given that
1) each section has a title; Am I supposed to read out the title at the end of the intro/outro?
2) the Ida Laura Pffeifer segment is divided into sections; do you want me to give both the section and the chapter count, or just section?
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Post by Lynnet »

Piotrek81 wrote: March 10th, 2018, 10:07 am I'm going to tacle one of my sections today. I just wanted to ask how I'm supposed to read the intro/outro, given that
1) each section has a title; Am I supposed to read out the title at the end of the intro/outro?
2) the Ida Laura Pffeifer segment is divided into sections; do you want me to give both the section and the chapter count, or just section?
Please read the title in the intro. No need for it in the outro.
Just read the section numbers. I'm going to amend the first post to reflect that.
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Post by Lynnet »

Piotrek81 wrote: March 17th, 2018, 2:01 pm Here's section 11.
https://librivox.org/uploads/lynnet/womentravellers_11_adams_128kb.mp3 Duration 42:43
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Post by Lynnet »

PL notes ch 11

Piotr, the volume is a bit high. Could you reduce it by about 3-4 dB, please?

The reading itself is PL OK.
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How about now?
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Post by Lynnet »

Piotrek81 wrote: March 19th, 2018, 1:35 pm How about now?
Perfect! Thank you.
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Post by kathrinmazur »

Hi,
could I read Frederika Bremer part 1, please?
It's my first recording with Librivox and I would like to do it with a pseudonym "'mazurkat".
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kathrinmazur wrote: March 19th, 2018, 3:23 pm Hi,
could I read Frederika Bremer part 1, please?
It's my first recording with Librivox and I would like to do it with a pseudonym "'mazurkat".
Hi and welcome to Librivox!
You will need to complete a one minute test - this is to check your specs are up to Librivox standards, and if not, you'll be given hints on how to remedy that. http://wiki.librivox.org/index.php/1-Minute_Test
Please post your test in the Listeners Wanted forum (see the dropdown at the bottom of the page) for the speediest response. Waiting for the OK may seem tedious, but can save time in the long run.
I have added you to the catalog and assigned section 7 to you. If you click on your name in the Magic Window, you will see your own personal catalog page.
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Post by jenno »

Please could I claim sections 14,15 and 18 .

Thank you

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