[COMPLETE]The Coquette by Hannah Webster Foster - tg

[wib66]

The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton by Hannah Webster Foster (1758 - 1840).

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/the-coquette-or-the-history-of-eliza-wharton-by-hannah-webster-foster/

The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage, the novel went through many editions and innumerable printings in the century after its initial publication in 1797. (Summary by Jon Miller)

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[wib66]

Sorry can't resist a good story and claiming those poor orphans. I have changed the text to Gutenberg as the text used for the original thread was published in 1939.

I will be BC and DPL on this project.

Thanks

[TriciaG]

You're set up.

I left the sections in the MW the way they were; I'm pretty sure you can add more as needed (and I cannot "bulk add" them, so either you or I would be clicking the Add New Section button anyway).

Here's the summary that was in the database (different than the original). Would you prefer yours, or this one, or a combination?

The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage, the novel went through many editions and innumerable printings in the century after its initial publication in 1797. (Summary by Jon Miller)

I'm working on bringing over the existing files. I'll change the links and change them to Ready for PL when they're uploaded.

Umm... what else?

I changed the file name to shorten it. If I were doing this project, I'd have the intro say, "Section [number] of The Coquette. This is a LibriVox... librivox.org. The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton , by Hannah Webster Foster. [Chapter]" (i.e. shorten the first instance of the title, then say the full title the second time. Also, say "section" instead of "chapter.") But this is all personal preference. And you may want to follow the lead of the soloist's files.

OK, enough babble. Off to download and re-upload the files...

[wib66]

You're set up.

I left the sections in the MW the way they were; I'm pretty sure you can add more as needed (and I cannot "bulk add" them, so either you or I would be clicking the Add New Section button anyway).

Here's the summary that was in the database (different than the original). Would you prefer yours, or this one, or a combination?

The classic early American epistolary novel about the seduction and ruin of a passionate young woman. Based on the true story of Elizabeth Whitman, whose lonesome death in childbirth in a Connecticut inn sparked widespread discussion and outrage, the novel went through many editions and innumerable printings in the century after its initial publication in 1797. (Summary by Jon Miller)

I'm working on bringing over the existing files. I'll change the links and change them to Ready for PL when they're uploaded.

Umm... what else?

I changed the file name to shorten it. If I were doing this project, I'd have the intro say, "Section [number] of The Coquette. This is a LibriVox... librivox.org. The Coquette; Or, The History of Eliza Wharton , by Hannah Webster Foster. [Chapter]" (i.e. shorten the first instance of the title, then say the full title the second time. Also, say "section" instead of "chapter.") But this is all personal preference. And you may want to follow the lead of the soloist's files.

OK, enough babble. Off to download and re-upload the files...

Thanks for all that information. I am going to change the summary as the original one is much better. Will just put their name if that's ok as they wrote it.

I was going to have each letter recorded individually but as they are very short this seems silly I may just reduce each section slighty as making them shorter may attract readers more easily. I will just add sections as I need them if necessary.

A shorter filename is always better. Thanks I always forget about that one.

Will change it to section.

I will follow your guidance with the introduction.
Thanks as always for your MC ing skills and all the guidance always a pleasure to work with you

[damedumer]

I will take section 4 when you are ready to go!

[wib66]

I will take section 4 when you are ready to go!

I will sign you up thanks for claiming.

[TriciaG]

Moving to Readers Wanted!

[wib66]

Moving to Readers Wanted!

Thanks

[wib66]

Sections 1 2 and 3 are PL OK thanks

[jenniferrd]

May I take Section 5? It will be my first recording.

[wib66]

May I take Section 5? It will be my first recording.

thank you I will sign you up to that section MW updated

[jenniferrd]

Here it is! https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/coquette_05_foster_128kb.mp3

29:44.45 (m:ss.ss)

I hope it is okay, I had to switch microphones, and it was a bit of a challenge. Harder than I thought.

[wib66]

Here it is! https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/coquette_05_foster_128kb.mp3

29:44.45 (m:ss.ss)

I hope it is okay, I had to switch microphones, and it was a bit of a challenge. Harder than I thought.

thank you for your section

[wib66]

Here it is! https://librivox.org/uploads/triciag/coquette_05_foster_128kb.mp3

29:44.45 (m:ss.ss)

I hope it is okay, I had to switch microphones, and it was a bit of a challenge. Harder than I thought.

thank you for your section

Hi the reading is great. However there is a hissing sound all the way through the recording. I have tried noise removal in Audacity but it does not seem to solve the problem. I am not 100% sure how to remove it or even if its possible. I do however have sensitive ears so I am going to post it in Listeners and Editors forum to see if someone else can give me a second opinion. Hope that's ok thanks

[jenniferrd]

It might be, I was having a really hard time with the microphone I had. I now have a new one, so if I need to reread it, it's no biggie.

Edit: I know we aren't supposed to listen unless with are the BC or PL, but I just listened again, and I don't actually hear the noise. I did at first because I was plugged my headphones into my computer speakers, but with I plugged directly in my CPU, it stopped.