knotyouraveragejo wrote: ↑May 26th, 2024, 10:43 pm
Congratulations Brian on completion of this solo recording for LibriVox! This book is now in the LibriVox catalog and available for listeners to download. Please check the catalog page and let me know if any changes are needed:
https://librivox.org/chalk-face-by-waldo-frank/
Thanks so much, Jo. I guess section 1 title cannot be left blank or called simply, "Chalk Face". In that case, can it be called
"Prologue" since that term best describes its function.
By way of explanation: The author, Waldo Frank, wants us to believe that the text of the book is a sort of manifesto written by a fictional character named John Mark. If we cannot call section 1 "Chalk Face" for some reason, then I'd much prefer that the section be "Prologue" which is effectively the purpose that it serves. In fact, the author and his publisher certainly could have called that fist section a term such as Introduction, Preface, Prologue, etc. but they chose not to do that for whatever reason they may have had. I don't feel great about applying a label one hundred years after the fact, but if we must because of some LV policy of which I was not aware, then my choice would be to either call it "Chalk Face" or if that's not acceptable then I suppose that "Prologue" would suffice, though, as I said, I don't feel particularly good about countermanding an author and their publisher.
Thank you so much for all you do and for getting this book into the catalog.
To be clear, I definitely don't like either Preface or Introduction because I think those terms are misleading in the matter of this particular book.
Best wishes,
Brian