(COMPLETE) Missing by Mary Augusta Ward - dc

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Missing by Mary Augusta Ward (1851 - 1920)

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It is 1915 and Nelly and Lieutenant George Sarratt have recently married. After a blissful but brief honeymoon in the Lake District, George is posted to the Front in northern France. Nelly stays on in the Lake District with her older and controlling sister, Bridget. They meet some well to do people, including Sir William Farrell, his friend Captain Marsworth and his sister, Cicely.
News comes from France that George is ‘missing, believe killed’ in action. The story continues, exploring the fortunes and changing relationships of these people as the war drags on and there is no definite news of George’s fate.
(Summary by Simon Evers)
Source text (please read only from this text!): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12908

Target completion date: 2024-05-01

Prooflistening level: Standard
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Genres for the project: Historical Fiction

Keywords that describe the book: 1st World War relationships

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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 Missing. 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."] "Missing, by Mary Augusta Ward. Section Title."
For the second and subsequent sections, you may use the shortened intro if you wish:
"Section (or Chapter) # of Missing, by Mary Augusta Ward. 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 Missing, by Mary Augusta Ward."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end.

Filename: missing_##_ward_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. missing_01_ward_128kb.mp3)

Upload to the LibriVox Uploader: https://librivox.org/login/uploader

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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.
Last edited by simonevers on March 11th, 2024, 5:03 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Hope this is OK, Dave -

Simon
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MW coming up.

edit: Let me know if any changes are needed.
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Moving topic to Going Solo forum.
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Chapter 1 (28:57)

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/missing_01_ward_128kb.mp3

- A well set up first chapter -

Simon
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1 PL OK!

Yes, my thought also.
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2 PL OK!
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3 PL OK!
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Chapter 4 (31:07)

https://librivox.org/uploads/craigdav1/missing_04_ward_128kb.mp3

More lovely writing - a very touching scene.

Simon
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4 PL OK!

I noticed a slight drop in volume at 4:16 (actually the volume before 4:16 is slightly high) but I did not need to change the volume on my player, hence the pl ok.
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I've noticed this - if I stop recording half way through a chapter and then come back to it later, for some unknown reason the volume of the software I use changes without any reason. I'll watch out for it.
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5 PL OK!
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