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Lord Byron visited the Castle of Chillon near Lake Geneva in Switzerland in 1816 and was intrigued by the legend of Francis Bonnivard who was said to have been imprisoned there in medieval times. He wrote the title poem of this book in response to that visit.
Originally published in 1816 this collection was extended after Byron's death. The final poem was written on his 36th birthday, just 3 months before his death.
(Summary by Alan Mapstone)
https://archive.org/details/prisonerchillon00byrogoog/page/n9/mode/1up?view=theater
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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.
- Project Code: M1Vs2tSk
- Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Byron (George Gordon, Lord Byron)
- Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner_of_Chillon
- Number of sections (files) this project will have: 22
- Does the project have an introduction or preface: No
- Original publication date (if known): 1816
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Genres for the project: Poetry/Lyric
Keywords that describe the book: Poetry, English, Byron
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N.B: Do not read the prose introduction to each poem or any footnotes
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:
At end of recording say:"The Prisoner of Chillon and other poems. 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 Prisoner of Chillon and other poems, by George Gordon, Lord Byron. Section Title."
For subsequent sections say:"End of poem." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name."]
At end of recording say:" Title of Poem by Lord Byron. Read for Librivox.org by your name."
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of poem. This recording is in the Public Domain."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of The Prisoner of Chillon and other poems, by George Gordon, Lord Byron."
Filename: prisonerofchillon_##_byron_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. prisonerofchillon_01_byron_128kb.mp3)
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MC to select: toddhw
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