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Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/493721793. The new revolutionary government of France is laboring mightily to end injustice and bring in an ideal new age of liberty, equality, and brotherhood, beginning by killing those obnoxious persons who don't appreciate their ideals. In Vendée a force of peasants, strongly supported by imperial England, is laboring mightily to overthrow the revolutionary government and restore Christianity, family, honor and decency, beginning by killing those obnoxious persons who fail to appreciate those noble phenomena. The exiled Marquis de Lantenac returns from England to lead the Vendéan revolt, to institute a take-no-prisoners policy, and to win a series of bloody victories.
Lantenac is opposed with some success by his great-nephew the Revolutionary officer Captain Gauvain. Gauvain's superiors in Paris admire his courage and tactical skill, but they disapprove of his belief that the principle of brotherhood requires him to show mercy to his enemies. They send their man Cimourdain, whose unyielding principles they trust, to make sure that Gauvain's reactionary mercies and his family loyalty are not causing him to betray the Republic--and to have Gauvain killed if that proves to be the case. They don't realize that Cimourdain, who was once a priest and Gauvain's tutor, loves Gauvain like a son--loves him, perhaps, as much as he loves God and the Revolution.
Meanwhile, the Breton peasant Michele Flechard, who has just lost her home and her husband in a war which she experiences an incomprehensible nightmare, is simply trying to keep her young children alive and get them to some place that won't collapse in blood and fire. Under the circumstances, this appears about as difficult as bringing about either version of the Just Society.
Note: A listener interested in the story, and not in a long excursus on the architecture and the notable names of the French Revolution, could skip the very long Section 27, The Convention, without becoming confused or losing any of the plot.
(Summary by Joanna Michal Hoyt)
Target completion date: 2022-05-30
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- Project Code: Pwr8cLeH
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Hugo (Victor Hugo)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninety-Three
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 72
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
- Original publication date (if known): 1874
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Genres for the project: Historical Fiction; Literary Fiction; War & Military Fiction; Religious Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: war, french revolution, justice, idealism, refugees, mercy, extremism
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LibriVox recording settings: mono (1 channel), 44100 Hz sample rate, 128 kbps constant bit rate MP3. See the Tech Specs
Intro to recording:
Leave 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning.
For the first section, say:
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:"Section (or Chapter) # of Ninety-Three. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Ninety-Three, by Victor Hugo, translated by Aline Delano. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of Ninety-Three, by Victor Hugo, translated by Aline Delano. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
Say:
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Ninety-Three, by Victor Hugo, translated by Aline Delano."
Filename: ninetythree_##_hugo_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. ninetythree_01_hugo_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: Lynnet
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