COMPLETE Christmas Short Works 2019 - ans

MichaelMaggs · Post by **MichaelMaggs** » October 24th, 2019, 1:53 pm

Will there be a limit this year on the number of contributions from any one reader? Or have I missed it? Last year it was 3.

Asking for a friend (OK, for me).

Post by **annise** » October 24th, 2019, 2:07 pm

Thanks for noticing - I must have removed that in my re editing of the first post. I set it to 2 per reader. That way more people can contribute

Anne

MichaelMaggs · Post by **MichaelMaggs** » October 25th, 2019, 8:33 am

Ah, OK! I was sort of hoping it would be four, so that more people can contribute more short pieces

. Oh well.

Post by **annise** » October 25th, 2019, 2:13 pm

As the co-ordinator - I like collections to be a nice mixture of voices and authors and contibutions - so I hope that is what this will turn out to be

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And I'm also in favour of Quality not Quanity

Anne

Post by **ColleenMc** » October 28th, 2019, 9:39 am

Here we go:

"The Orphan's Dream of Christmas" by Anonymous

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/csw19_orphansdreamofchristmas_anonymous_cm_128kb.mp3

5:44

Source: http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32945/32945-h/32945-h.html#toc29

Colleen

Post by **annise** » October 28th, 2019, 3:17 pm

Thank you

Anne

MichaelMaggs · Post by **MichaelMaggs** » October 29th, 2019, 2:05 am

I've recorded "Old Father Christmas" by JH Ewing, and I have a question on editing.

In the Gutenberg version of the book (which is what I have read from), an unrelated story called "Snap-Dragons" is printed as chapter one while "Old Father Christmas" takes up chapters two to five. If I include the Gutenberg chapter headings, listeners are going to be confused, or think something is missing, as we immediately start off with chapter two. Would it be OK if I missed those out?

Another digitised version of the book can be found at the Digital Library. That seems more detailed than the Gutenberg version, and has different headings and chapter labels. It includes, for example, a sub-heading to the story: "An Old-Fashioned Tale of the Young Days of a Grumpy Old Godfather".

If the Digital library is considered OK as a valid source, perhaps I could edit my recording to comply with that rather than with Gutenberg?

What do you think?

Gutenberg: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/43763/43763-h/43763-h.htm
Digital library: http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/ewing/snap-dragons/snap-dragons.html

Post by **annise** » October 29th, 2019, 3:46 am

Hi
We do accept the university of Pennsylvania , so if the text itself is the same you could use it. If it differs, then you could call just say part 1 etc - I agree to state chapter 2 might be a bit confusing. Or maybe just ignore the chapter completely and read it as one story?

Anne

MichaelMaggs · Post by **MichaelMaggs** » October 29th, 2019, 4:00 am

OK, thanks. Will decide on one of those and will edit and upload.

MichaelMaggs · Post by **MichaelMaggs** » November 2nd, 2019, 6:54 am

Old Father Christmas
by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1841-1885)
Read from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43763/43763-h/43763-h.htm
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/csw19_oldfatherchristmas_ewing_mnm_128kb.mp3
40:46

As you suggested, I've used the Gutenberg text, reading the whole thing as a single story without the misleading chapter numbers.

Athough Gutenberg gives the author just as "J.H. Ewing", the catalogue record at the British library lists her name as "Ewing, Juliana Horatia Gatty, 1841-1885" (http://primocat.bl.uk/F?func=direct&local_base=ITEMV&doc_number=001183232&con_lng=eng)

Post by **annise** » November 2nd, 2019, 8:08 pm

Thanks - I will not be able to pl today but should catch up then.

Anne

MichaelMaggs · Post by **MichaelMaggs** » November 3rd, 2019, 10:56 am

A ghastly Victorian child gets his comeuppance ...

Snap-Dragons
by Juliana Horatia Gatty Ewing (1841-1885)
Read from http://www.gutenberg.org/files/43763/43763-h/43763-h.htm
https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/csw19_snap-dragons_ewing_mnm_128kb.mp3
50:45

Post by **annise** » November 3rd, 2019, 2:18 pm

Thank you

Anne

BettyB · Post by **BettyB** » November 4th, 2019, 8:33 pm

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/csw19_christmascakes_fewell_bbs_128kb.mp3 (8.13)
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044083801936&view=1up&seq=375
Written by Alice Urquhart Fewell
"Christmas Cakes"

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/csw19_christmasideas_brownfield_bbs_128kb.mp3 (7.13)
babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044083801936&view=1up&seq=369
Written by Marion Brownfield
"Christmas Ideas and Celebrations from Everywhere"

American Cookery Volume 24 June-July 1919-May, 1920
Issue: December 1919

BettyB

Post by **annise** » November 4th, 2019, 11:26 pm

Thanks Betty
Christmas cakes have an odd noise just after 3:35 otherwise it's great
Chritmas Ideas is PL OK

Anne