This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/letters-written-during-a-short-residence-in-sweden-norway-and-denmark-by-mary-wollstonecraft/
Note: JillianPress will bc this project with me.
Published in 1796, Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is a personal travel narrative by the eighteenth-century British feminist writer Mary Wollstonecraft. The twenty-five letters cover a wide range of topics, from sociological reflections on Scandinavia and its peoples to philosophical questions regarding identity. Published by Wollstonecraft's career-long publisher, Joseph Johnson, it was the last work issued during her lifetime.
Wollstonecraft undertook her tour of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark in order to retrieve a stolen treasure ship for her lover, Gilbert Imlay. Believing that the journey would restore their strained relationship, she eagerly set off. However, over the course of the three months she spent in Scandinavia, she realized that Imlay had no intention of renewing the relationship. The letters, which constitute the text, drawn from her journal and from missives she sent to Imlay, reflect her anger and melancholy over his repeated betrayals. Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark is therefore both a travel narrative and an autobiographical memoir.
Using the rhetoric of the sublime, Wollstonecraft explores the relationship between self and society in the text. She values subjective experience, particularly in relation to nature; champions the liberation and education of women; and illustrates the detrimental effects of commerce on society.
Letters Written in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark was Wollstonecraft's most popular book in the 1790s—it sold well and was reviewed favorably by most critics.
Wollstonecraft's future husband, philosopher William Godwin, wrote: "If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book."
The book also influenced Romantic poets such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, who drew on its themes and its aesthetic. While the book initially inspired readers to travel to Scandinavia, it failed to retain its popularity after
the publication of Godwin's Memoirs of the Author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman in 1798, which revealed Wollstonecraft's unorthodox private life."
Summary from Wikipedia, revised a little by Stav Nisser.
- 1. How to claim a part, and 'how it all works' here
To find a section to record, simply look at point 5. below at the sections. All the ones without names beside them are “up for grabs.” Click "Post reply"
at the top left of the screen and tell us which section you’d like to read (include the section number from the left-most column in the reader list, please).
Read points 6. to 8. below for what to do before, during and after your recording.
2. New to recording?
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3. Is there a deadline?
We ask that you submit your recorded sections within 1-2 months of placing your claim (or by the target completion date, whatever is sooner). Please
note that to be fair to the readers who have completed their sections in a timely way, if you haven't submitted your recording(s) after two months, your
sections will automatically be re-opened for other readers to claim, unless you post in this thread to request an extension. Extensions will be
granted at the discretion of the Book Coordinator. If you cannot do your section, for whatever reason, just let me know and it’ll go back to the pool.
There’s no shame in this; we’re all volunteers and things happen. The target completion date for this project is August 2011 .
4. Where do I find the text?
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3529
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Please check the Recording Notes:
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Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
7. DURING recording:
Please leave no more than 0.5 to 1 second of silence at the beginning of your recording!
Make sure you add this to the beginning and end of your recording:
Start of recording (Intro)- "Letter [number] of Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark- This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public
domain. For more information, or to volunteer, please visit: librivox DOT org" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name]" - Say:
" Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, by Mary Wollstonecraft. [letter]"
End of recording- At the end of the section, say:
“End of [letter]" - If you wish, say:
"Recording by [your name], [city, your blog, podcast, web address]" - At the end of the book, say (in addition):
"End of Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark, by Mary Wollstonecraft."
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8. AFTER recording:
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Listen to your file through headphones. If you can hear some constant background noise (hiss/buzz), you may want to clean it up a bit. The new (free) version
1.3.3. of Audacity (Mac/Win) has much improved noise-cleaning. See this LibriVox wiki page for a complete guide.
Save files as
128 kbps MP3
letterswrittenduringashortresidence_##_wollstonecraft.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. letterswrittenduringashortresidence_01_Wollstonecraft.mp3
(all lower-case) where ## is your section number.
ID3 V2 tags
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Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, send me a message). Please
mind upper and lower case!
Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Mary Wollstonecraft
Album: Letters Written During a Short Residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark
Please ignore tags for Genre and Track Number - these will be filled in automatically at the cataloguing stage.
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- "Letter [number] of Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway and Denmark- This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public
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