Volunteers outside the USA: Thomas Mann died in 1955. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 70 years for authors who died after 1971; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Volunteers outside the USA: Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter died in 1963. This person's work may still be protected by copyright in countries where copyright duration is determined by the author's death date. In Europe this is 70 years; in Canada it is 70 years for authors who died after 1971; and in Australia it is 70 years for authors who died after 1955.
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/magicmountainder1946mann/mode/2upThomas Mann’s epic novel depicts a decaying, corrupted European society on the eve of the First World War. Set in a luxurious sanatorium high up in the Swiss mountains, we follow the destinies of a variety of exotic characters – members of a bourgeois elite drawn from all parts of Europe. Most suffer from consumption, dream of a cure - yet are at the same time squeezing as much pleasure and distraction as they can out of a situation ever-shadowed by sickness, pain, and death. Part surreal comedy, part grim tragedy, part allegory, and part novel of ideas, Mann’s novel is regarded by many as one of the key literary texts of the twentieth century. (Summary by Steve Gough)
Target completion date: 2025-01-01
Prooflistening level: 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: EqYslIUC
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Mann (Thomas Mann)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_Mountain
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 48
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1927
[*]If you are a new volunteer, how would you like your name (or pseudonym) credited in the catalog? Steve Gough
[*]Do you have a URL you would like associated with your name?: Steve Gough
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Genres for the project: General Fiction; Literary Fiction
Keywords that describe the book:
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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 The Magic Mountian (Volume Two). 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."] "The Magic Mountian (Volume Two), by Thomas Mann, translated by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. Section Title."
End of recording:"Section (or Chapter) # of The Magic Mountian (Volume Two), by Thomas Mann, translated by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter. 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 The Magic Mountian (Volume Two), by Thomas Mann, translated by Helen Tracy Lowe-Porter."
Filename: magicmountian2_##_mann_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. magicmountian2_01_mann_128kb.mp3)
Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader
MC to select: Annise
Copy and paste the file link generated by the uploader into the relevant Listen URL field in the Section Compiler, enter the duration in the Notes field, and post in this thread to let your PL and MC know that you have uploaded a file. You may also post the file link in the thread.