COMPLETE The Heir - icequeen

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The Heir by Vita Sackville-West (1892 - 1962).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/the-heir-by-vita-sackville-west/
This collection’s title is taken from its first story, a novella, which is followed by four shorter tales, all expertly and sensitively drawn.
Story 1, “The Heir,” concerns an inheritance as told from the point of view of the heir, an unmarried middle-aged man. Its subtitle, “A Love Story,” is not a reference to another person but to the inheritance.
Story 2, “The Christmas Party,” tells of a longtime family alienation and separation followed by a shocking reunion.
Story 3, “Patience,” is a touching tale of an apparently “comfortable” marriage, but where the husband tends to lapse into his secret memories of a long-past love. The title is the name both of a version of Solitaire that his wife often plays and of her coping with her husband’s curious mental absences.
Story 4, “Her Son,” is the poignant story of an aging mother eagerly planning for the future with her long-absent son, now returning but with his own private ideas.
Story 5, “The Parrot,” is a short allegory about the unremitting need for freedom.
( Lee Smalley)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60368
  • Type of proof-listening required (Note: please read the PL FAQ): standard



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    This paragraph is temporary and will be replaced by the MC with the list of sections and reader (Magic Window) once this project is in the admin system.

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    [*] Project Code: i01UrZ48



    [*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Vita Sackville-West) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vita_Sackville-West

    [*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
    [*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 10
    [*]Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
    [*]Original publication date (if known):
    [*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?:
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Genres for the project: General Fiction/Published 1900 onward

Keywords that describe the book: Novella; Short stories; Family; Inheritance; Mother-son; Marital relations

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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 Heir: A Love Story. 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:
    "The Heir: A Love Story, by Vita Sackville-West. [Chapter]"


For the second and all subsequent sections, you may optionally use the shortened form of this intro disclaimer:
  • "Chapter [number] of The Heir: A Love Story by Vita Sackville-West. 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]"
END of recording:
  • 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 The Heir, by Vita Sackville-West. "

There should be ~5 seconds silence at the end of the recording.

[*]Example filename heiralovestory_##_sackville-west_128kb.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is the section number (e.g. heiralovestory_01_sackville-west_128kb.mp3)

[*]Example ID3 V2 tags
Artist: Vita Sackville-West
Title: ## - [Section title]
Album: The Heir


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  • You'll need to select the MC, which for this project is: icequeen
  • When your upload is complete, you will receive a link - please post it in this thread.
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Last edited by Leesma on December 17th, 2019, 5:09 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Icequeen is MC & DPL. :D
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Post by icequeen »

OK, Lee, you are all set. As soon as I know that you have seen what I have done, I will move us over to Going Solo.
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Got it, Ann. Will fill in the MW today.
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Filled in the MW, Ann. Can be adjusted if you think it should be. :|
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Off we go!
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And we're off! Section 1
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Here's Sec. 2.
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Section 1 is PL OK! I really hope people don't start getting productive, the World Series is a great one this year!
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Section 2 is PL OK!
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Section 3 is all yours.

I'm just checking in once in a while on the Series. More interested (forgive me) in who'll be the next victim: Mets manager of course! :P
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Here's Section 4.
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Sections 3 and 4 are PL OK!

Now the Angels have Mickey Callaway for a pitching coach. There has been a bunch of managers moving around this year. :shock:
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Here's Section 5.
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Sec. 6.

So far I think it's just a tad more exciting than watching grass grow, but I do like the natural style of the writing. It's still just the beginning, so we'll see.
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