[COMPLETE] Multilingual First Chapter Collection 011 - rap

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » December 17th, 2023, 4:15 am

Can I post here the introduction to an anthology of old Polish poetry? It's a short sketch on the history of the the Polish Literature (in Polish).

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 17th, 2023, 5:43 am

Yes, I think it qualifies as a kind of first chapter. Why not?

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » December 17th, 2023, 11:43 am

Here it is:

Introduction to "Klejnoty poezji staropolskiej"

https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/fcc011_poezjastaropolska_baumfeld_pn81_128kb.mp3 duration 21:25

The title page of the book is https://pl.wikisource.org/wiki/Klejnoty_poezji_staropolskiej

The text of the introduction starts at https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Klejnoty_poezji_staropolskiej_(red._Baumfeld).djvu&page=37

Publication date: 1919

Author: https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustaw_Boles%C5%82aw_Baumfeld (1879-1940)

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 20th, 2023, 6:39 am

Thank you, Piotr! PL shows all the text is there, no repeats or stumbles, maybe a 50% idea of what you were talking about, PL OK!

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » December 26th, 2023, 1:23 pm

This author wrote several books about Poland. I may decide to solo one or more of those, but for now I'll use this thead as a testing ground to see if I like the first chapters

Author: Monica Mary Gardner (1873-1941)
Book title: Kościuszko. A biography.
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/fcc011_kosciuszko_gardner_pn81_128kb.mp3
Duration: 23:56
Wikipedia Page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monica_Mary_Gardner
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27882
Publication date: 1920

Post by **Rapunzelina** » December 27th, 2023, 1:09 am

Thank you, Piotr! This is PL OK! So how much would you rate this first chapter, with 6 being the highest?

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » December 27th, 2023, 11:35 am

Rapunzelina wrote: ↑December 27th, 2023, 1:09 am Thank you, Piotr! This is PL OK! So how much would you rate this first chapter, with 6 being the highest?

It's about history, which is always a plus in my books, it's interesting (for a first chapter) and has a nice cliffhanger, the author actually knows Polish names and how to write them, so I don't to have spend time on Google and Wikipedia trying to re-construct 80% of those.
On the other hand, some sentences are convoluted to the point it's hard to make sense of them and it reads a bit like a hagiography (oh, he was so studious and selfless).

Overall, I'd say 4-4.5.

Piotrek81 · Post by **Piotrek81** » December 31st, 2023, 7:59 am

A very short one this time, from a different book by the same author, Monica Mary Gardner

Book title: The Patriot Novelist of Poland. Henryk Sienkiewicz
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/fcc011_sienkiewicz_gardner_pn81_128kb.mp3
Duration 2:49
Source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034364482&seq=1
Publication date: 1926

EDIT: I re-uploaded after I'd noticed a small mistake in the original file.

alanmapstone · Post by **alanmapstone** » December 31st, 2023, 11:58 pm

Hi

I would like to offer a recording of the first chapter of Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H.Lawrence. This was first published in 1928 and so it should be PD in the USA.

But the only text I can find is this one from Gutenberg Australia which, I believe, is not regarded as an entirely reliable source.

https://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100181h.html

The main Gutenberg does not seem to have this novel and the versions I have found on Archive are either too new or have restricted access.

Would this be an acceptable source? If I do record this it will probably take some time as I don't usually do long Prose sections. Let me know what you think.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 1st, 2024, 12:13 am

The issue with Gutenberg Australia is that it doesn't clarify which publication was used, so this might be the 1928 one, or a later one.

I'm thinking let's give it a day or two and the 1928 text might appear in gutenberg.org or in full view in The Internet Archive.

alanmapstone · Post by **alanmapstone** » January 1st, 2024, 12:18 am

OK thanks, I am not in a hurry to do this

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 1st, 2024, 6:23 am

Piotrek81 wrote: ↑December 31st, 2023, 7:59 am A very short one this time, from a different book by the same author, Monica Mary Gardner

Book title: The Patriot Novelist of Poland. Henryk Sienkiewicz
https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/fcc011_sienkiewicz_gardner_pn81_128kb.mp3
Duration 2:49
Source: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015034364482&seq=1
Publication date: 1926

EDIT: I re-uploaded after I'd noticed a small mistake in the original file.

Hi Piotr! Thank you for your offering! It is PL OK!

alanmapstone · Post by **alanmapstone** » January 4th, 2024, 2:55 am

Hi
Re: Lady Chattersley's Lover
I have now claimed chapter 1 in a group recording of this book and will let that be my version in the catalogue.

Post by **Rapunzelina** » January 4th, 2024, 3:12 am

A group project of Lady Chatterley's Lover? That'll be tough

Post by **lorda** » January 7th, 2024, 12:19 am

A German contribution:

- [In hundert Jahren] by [Friedrich Eduard Bilz]
- Title chapter 1: Ein irdischer Methusalem
- Link to the text source: https://digital.slub-dresden.de/werkansicht/dlf/9434/1 (1907)
- Link to the record: https://librivox.org/uploads/rapunzelina/fcc011_inhundertjahren_bilz_loa_128kb.mp3
- Legth: 12:35
- Language: German
- Key words: Sience Fiction, Natural lifestyle

I will ask someone to PL this section.

Greetings