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O. Henry, the pen name of American writer William Sydney Porter (1862-1910), is often credited with defining the short story as a literary art form. STRICTLY BUSINESS, More Stories of the Four Million, is a collection of twenty-three short stories that was first published in 1908. The setting is New York City in the first decade of the 1900’s (the Four Million in the subtitle is a reference to the population of the city at that time as well as to the title of an earlier collection of his short stories). You will meet a wide variety of characters from all walks of life who are trying to make a living via honest (and sometimes dishonest) means. Personal interactions and business transactions abound, but sometimes there is a twist. But don’t take it personally if you get fooled, after all it is Strictly Business. ( Warren Kati)
- Text source (only read from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2141
- Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard
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Magic Window:
BC Admin - 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 STRICTLY BUSINESS, More Stories of the Four Million. 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:
"STRICTLY BUSINESS, More Stories of the Four Million, by O. Henry. [Chapter]"
For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:- "Chapter [number] of STRICTLY BUSINESS, More Stories of the Four Million by O. Henry. 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 [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 STRICTLY BUSINESS, More Stories of the Four Million, by O. Henry. "
There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording. - Example filename strictlybusiness_##_henry_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. strictlybusiness_01_henry_128kb.mp3)
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