[COMPLETE] Little Johannes by Frederick van Eeden-ans

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Little Johannes, by Frederik van Eeden (1860 - 1932), translated by Clara Bell (1835 - 1927)

This project is now complete. All audio files can be found on our catalog page here:
https://librivox.org/little-johannes-by-frederik-van-eeden/

In this allegory of childhood and youth, a series of increasingly sinister mentors - Windekind, Wistik, Pluizer and Dr. Cypher - guide the adventurous Little Johannes through fantastical worlds in search of the elusive book that explains why everything is as it is. Frederik van Eeden's best known work, De Kleine Johannes first appeared in the literary journal De Nieuwe Gids, published as an alternative to the more conservative De Gids to promote the new Dutch literature of the 1880s. At the end of the book, van Eeden promises to tell more of Johannes. This came in the form of two sequels published alongside Little Johannes in a volume published in English as The Quest in 1911. (Summary by Phil Benson)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://archive.org/details/littlejohannes00eede/page/n5/mode/1up

Target completion date: 2024-04-30

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.

[list]
[*]Project Code: Dwb7karA
[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik_van_Eeden (Frederik van Eeden)
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 15
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1895
[*]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: Fantastic Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: Holland, allegory

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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:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Little Johannes. 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."] "Little Johannes, by Frederik van Eeden, translated by Clara Bell. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Little Johannes, by Frederik van Eeden, translated by Clara Bell. This LibriVox recording is in the public domain." [Optional: "Read by your name."] "Section Title."
End of recording:
Say:
"End of section (or chapter) #." [Optional, and if not stated in the intro: "Read by your name, city, date."]
If you are recording the final section of the book, add:
"End of Little Johannes, by Frederik van Eeden, translated by Clara Bell."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: littlejohannes_##_eeden_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. littlejohannes_01_eeden_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.
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Annise will be MC and newgatenovelist DPL. Thanks once again!

For cataloguing, this is an English translation and we already have the original Dutch version: https://librivox.org/de-kleine-johannes-door-frederik-van-eeden/
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All set up I think. Anne
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Checking in.
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And Chapter 1, Ready for PL! A short one to introduce Johannes before he goes off on his adventures. He definitely favours his dog over his cat - should I include a 'speciesism' warning for cat lovers?

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/littlejohannes_00_vaneeden_128kb.mp3 - 09:26
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Post by Newgatenovelist »

Notes are below for you to check. You acquitted yourself better with that intro than I ever could have managed, with all that French! I am very much looking forward to the story of the dog, and of course, the accompanying boy. :) As for the cat, it sounds like he's too busy managing his own affairs to go off on any silly adventures with humans and dogs!

Section 0
1.09-1.15, bottom p v
...as of the Ship Argo, and the sagas [heard sages] of Heracles and Odysseus.

3.55-4.01, mid-page p 8
Indian literature was busy to this end in the Buddhist Jatakas or Birth-stories...
https://howjsay.com/how-to-pronounce-Jataka

5.56, top para p x
Is there a false start or stumble right before ‘Guignard’?

10.47-10.53, bottom p xiv
...of Andersen so akin [heard keen] in imagination to the primeval popular fancy...


Section 1
2.37, pp 2-3
...how pleasant it must be there among the water-plants, in that strange twilight...
I’m hearing a sort of self-made echo at the end of ‘twilight’ – it sounds a bit odd, could you see if you’re getting it too? It’s sort of like the stumble or false start above, but T...T instead!
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Thanks! Chapter 1 is ready for spot PL! I will need to do a bit of rerecording for the Introduction.
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Chapter 1 is PL OK.

As you've put this down for completion by the 30th, I should warn you that I'll be out of office at the end of the month and start of May.
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Thanks for the heads up! At the rate I am going at the moment, I think end of May is more likely than end of April! Please take your time. Meanwhile, we do have Chapter 2 ready for PL...

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/littlejohannes_02_vaneeden_128kb.mp3 - 33:26

Newgatenovelist wrote: April 13th, 2024, 1:35 pm Chapter 1 is PL OK.

As you've put this down for completion by the 30th, I should warn you that I'll be out of office at the end of the month and start of May.
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Chapter 2 is PL OK.

I'm sure for some people entering info in the end date section of the form is a form of accountability, but it's just not for me. It's a self-induced guilt trip, a way of tempting fate or both!
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Part 0 - Introduction also ready for spot PL
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Chapter 3 is PL OK. 0 is spot PL OK. This is just a notice that I'm still hearing the K and T in Jataka transposed. It's probably not a word you'll use very often, but I mention it as I tend to take a little bit more care with proper nouns, something of religious significance, etc. Although there are always those tricky words that everyone else can seem to say with no trouble at all but inevitably turn to mush in your own mouth. If this is one of those, I understand!

I'll be off LV for most of the coming week. Upload whatever, whenever and I'll PL later.
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Chapter 4 ready for PL!

https://librivox.org/uploads/annise/littlejohannes_04_vaneeden_128kb.mp3 - 31:49

I'll correct Jataka - I picked on the error in the stress, but didn't notice I'd got the 't' and the 'k' the wrong way round!
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