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Source text: https://www.archive.org/details/sonnetsofthiscen00sharuoftThis comprehensive anthology of English sonnets of the Nineteenth Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp, was published in 1887. It contains 270 poems by 126 different authors, ranging from the most celebrated poets, like Keats, Shelley and Wordsworth to some who are extremely obscure. Sharp outlines the purpose of the collection as follows: "For the concise expression of an isolated poetic thought an intellectual or sensuous wave keenly felt, emotionally and rhythmically the sonnet would seem to be the best medium. To bring this more clearly home to the mind of the reader unacquainted with the true scope of our sonnet-literature and of the technique of the sonnet itself, and to illustrate its development and capacity, is the aim of this collection."
(Summary by Algy Pug)
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A complete list of authors can be found here:
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A list of the titles of the individual poems can be found here:
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[*]Link to author on Wikipedia (if available):
[*]Link to title on Wikipedia (if available): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Sharp_(writer)
[*]Number of sections (files) this project will have: 126
[*]Does the project have an introduction or preface: Yes
[*]Original publication date (if known): 1887
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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.
First Section
Say:
End of section."Sonnets of This Century. Edited and arranged by Willliam Sharp. This is a LibriVox recording. All LibriVox recordings are in the public domain. For more information or to volunteer, please visit librivox.org. Dedication. Read by [your name."]
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Subsequent sections"End of dedication."
End of section."Section [number and title]. Read by [your name.]"
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If you are recording the final section of the book, add:"End of section. This recording is in the public domain."
Leave 5 seconds of silence at the end."End of Sonnets of This Century, edited and arranged by William Sharp."
If you are reading a section with multiple poems please leave a space of three seconds between each poem.
Filename: sonnetsofthiscentury_###_various_128kb.mp3 where ## is the section number. (e.g. sonnetsofthiscentury_001_various_128kb.mp3)
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