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DSayers · Last edited by DSayers on Sun Feb 26, 2006 6:59 pm; edited 2 times in total

This project is complete, and all audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://librivox.org/robinson-crusoe-by-daniel-defoe/

Welcome to the DISCUSSION FORUM for Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe."

To join in just click "POST A REPLY" and leave a comment. Discussion begins on page 5 with a message from me about some interesting parallels between Crusoe and Friday's relationship and Huck and Jim's in Mark Twain's "Hucklebery Finn."

We used this same forum to plan the recording, but now it's been "re-purposed" so that listeners can talk about the book with the reader (me, Denny Mike) serving as moderator. Enjoy!

-Denny Mike

kayray · Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:46 pm Post subject:

Great Dennis! I've added you to the "to come" section of our catalog page. Before you begin, please remember to read this post:

http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=38

and this post:
http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=106

Have fun!

kara
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hugh · Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2005 1:46 am Post subject:

welcome, and good luck!
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thistlechick · **DSayers on Mon Jan 09, 2006 7:29 pm wrote:**

Stephan · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2006 1:04 am Post subject:

Cool. I am eagerly awaiting your book.
I�ve read that against common impression its more a book about economy than anything else, let alone an adventurous tale.
Can�t wait to hear it.
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DSayers

Defoe was a remarkable writer, and single-handedly forged an opening for English fiction novels by never signing his name to his major works and posing as if HE were indeed Robinson Crusoe or Captain Singleton (now there's an adventure!) or even Moll Flanders or Roxanna (all four of these books were written in a span of as many years)! He even pretended he lived through the plague and wrote with such convincing detail that his Journal of the Plague Years is still considered as eyewitness testimony by many.

Many of his writings can ONLY be found through Gutenberg, by the way.

Given that getting spoken text to the many is LibriVox's goal, Crusoe is the place to start, but I would love to work with others on a chapter-by-chapter version of Captain Singleton or Moll Flanders.

-Dennis

LibraryLady · Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2006 1:09 am Post subject:

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DSayers

Friends: I am hoping that some of you will listen to the first chapter that I recorded for Defoe's Crusoe.

You will notice that there is a bird chirping in the background now and again ... I don't want to chase them away from the feeder I stock outside my office window!

But other than that ... is this adequate or acceptable for the road ahead? I'm already through Chapter 4 (of 20) so let me know if I'm entirely off-base.

-Dennis

http://download.yousendit.com/FC1254E83A82E194
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thistlechick · Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2006 12:33 am Post subject:

Dennis, I'm listening to your chapter right now... it sounds great! Your voice is very clear and easy to hear. You're definitely on the right track. Good job! =)

We can handle your files in a couple of ways. 1) You can hold them all until you are finished with the project. Then send them to me all at once; or 2) Post them in this thread using the YouSendIt service just as you have for this chapter. I would then pick them up and store them for you on my server.

Either way is fine with me... it's up to you, just let me know what you prefer =)
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DSayers · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:55 pm Post subject: would it be easier ...

... for me to send you the yousendit codes directly to an email address?

I like the idea of sending things off as soon as they are completed, but now I'm sending them to myself, then copying the code, then posting the code on the LV system. If possible, I wonder if it'd be okay to just send them to an email address.

-Dennis
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DSayers

The YouSendIt code is

http://download.yousendit.com/B3B3A960516D99A8

Thanks for storing it as I progress. Someday I'll have my own server, I just know it!

-Dennis
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thistlechick · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:16 pm Post subject:

Dennis,

You are more than welcome to send them to my email address: betsie@betsie.info ... I won't be able to listen to every chapter as you finish them, but I'll store them here: http://betsie.info/librivox/crusoe/ so that anyone can listen to them until they are cataloged.

~ Betsie
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DSayers · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:24 pm Post subject: CHAPTER THREE, CRUSOE

http://download.yousendit.com/BDF3A2FF4143466C

-Dennis

DSayers · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:44 pm Post subject: Here is Chapter Four

http://download.yousendit.com/641252A7BEB7FDAC
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thistlechick · Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2006 11:56 pm Post subject:

... downloading now =)
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