Librivox - The Prince and The Pauper

 This was a lot of fun to narrate.  I got to pull out my native Missouri accent.

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The Prince and the Pauper (Version 4 - Dramatic Reading)

Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)

The Prince and the Pauper tells the story of two young boys who are identical in appearance: Tom Canty, a pauper who lives with his abusive father in Offal Court off Pudding Lane in London, and Prince Edward, son of King Henry VIII. After trading clothes for a lark, misadventure results in trading places - the King must survive a pauper's fate, and Tom becomes the presumed King. The book follows the adventures as the two try to learn the world of the other, and strive to find their way back to their true life. - Summary by Krista Zaleski

Cast:
Prince: llamaart
Tom Canty: Andrea Atwood
Henry VIII: AlgyPug
Tom's Father: Larry Wilson
Lord Hertford: Beeswaxcandle
Lord St. John: Kerry Adams
Miles Hendon: ToddHW
Hugh Hendon: Ethan Hurst
Lord Chancellor, Blind Man, Branded Lawyer, Archbishop and Boy 2: David Purdy
Humphrey Marlow and Prissy: Lily
Hugo and Page: Navin
Tom's Mother: WendyKatzHiller
Nan and Benevolent Stranger: The Countess
Bet and Princess Elizabeth: Victoria Alice Bell
Lady Jane: Dawn Sutton
Lady Edith: Devorah Allen
Father Andrew and First Lord of the Buckhounds: James R. Hedrick
Soldier: Philip
Boy 1: czandra
Crowd 1: Chuck Williamson
Crowd 2 and Goodwife: Marie Christian
Crowd 3: Ted Perkins
Official, Chief Equerry in Waiting, and Blake Andrews: redrun
Physician, Waterman, and Dwarf: Laurie Banza
Servant, First Lord of the Bedchamber, and Prisoner: Cavaet
Admiral: lorda
Female Prisoner and Baptist Woman: tinab37
Ruffler: Miller4815
Yokel: Jaime Kurzweg
Margery and The Fairchild: Mia Catherine
Hermit and Judge: Joe Bergin
Shopkeeper: Elyse
Officer: Inkell
Chronicler: Doug Fajardo
Narrator: John Payton

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Historical Fiction

Language: English

 

Librivox - Twilight Stories

 I participated in this project as well.  Download here:  https://librivox.org/twilight-stories-by-various/

Twilight Stories

Various

A collection of broad-ranging, mostly American stories and poems for children by various authors, including Margaret Sidney, Susan Coolidge, Joaquin Miller, Henry W. Longfellow, and Mrs. Amy Therese Powelson. Each poem or story is followed by an additional short rhyme, drawn from a variety of sources, but not attributed. Topics include history, war, school, everyday life, Fairyland, and more. (Summary by Winnifred Assmann)

Genre(s): General

Language: English

LibriVox - Hearts of Three

Hearts of Three

Jack London (1876 - 1916)

Genre(s): Action & Adventure Fiction, Fantasy Fiction

Language: English

Francis Morgan, a wealthy heir of industrialist and Wall Street maven Richard Henry Morgan, is a jaded young New Yorker. When his father's business partner Thomas Regan suggests that Francis take a holiday in Central America, ostensibly to search for the treasure of the Morgans' legendary ancestor, Francis thinks it's a splendid idea. But he never suspects what adventures await across the border... - Summary by Goodreads

Cast List:

Narrator: Lynette Caulkins
Francis Morgan: john warren hart
Henry Morgan: Benjamin Tucker
Leoncia Solano: Krista Zaleski
Parker and Priest of the Sun: James R. Hedrick
Thomas Regan: John Payton
Señor Álvarez Torres and Yi Poon: Wayne Cooke
Señor Mariano Vercara è Hijos and Bascom: Greg Giordano
Enrico Solano and Lieutenant Parsons: Todd
Alesandro Solano: Ted Perkins
Martinez Solano, Gendarme, Overseer Ramirez: redrun
Alvarado Solano: Andrew Gaunce
Ricardo Solano, Juchitán Haciendado: Inkell
Solano Maid: Eileen Ellen
Solano Servant 1, Trefethen's Sailor, Carib, Haciendado 3, Caroo, and Newspaper Pedlar: David Purdy
Solano Servant 2, Percival, Carib, Old Buccaneer Henry Morgan, Guillermo, Panamanian Judge, Lost Soul, and Canoe Indian: John Kennard
Mayan Lad and José, a Mayan youth: Elijah Fisher
Captain Trefethen: Max Magnus
Carib: Yuqing
Pedro Zurita and Police Lt. Burns: Scott Caulkins
Rafael and Charlie Tippery: Elsie Selwyn
Ignacio and Blind One's Leader: Joe Bergin
Augustino, Capitán Rosaro, and Johnny Pathmore: Bill Mosley
Haciendado 2 and Vicente: Major Toast
Oil Man and Peter McGill: Archives27
Beleaguered Peon and Bear Broker: Beeswaxcandle
The Blind Brigand: Larry Wilson
The Blind One's Daughter: Eliza
Old Maya: Sonia
José Mancheno and Old Wreck: Adrian Stephens
Daughter of the Sun Priest and Concordia: Marie Christian
The Sun Queen: Jenn Broda
Lost Soul: Kristin G
Lost Soul: Christine Bowden
Lost Soul: Michele Eaton
Nicoya: Miss Kay
Rodriguez Fernandez: Scotty Smith
Broken Woman: Dawn Sutton

 

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Librovox: The Dream

I started this work with every intention of recording it as a solo artist.  Life and other commitments got in the way, and I relinquished control of the project after recording the first chapter.  I think that I reacted badly to the project listener (PL), which didn't help.  

At any rate, I did handle the entire first chapter, so if anyone's interested, here's an HG Wells novel!

The Dream: a novel

H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)

The story is set in a Utopian future. On an excursion, Sarnac, relates his vivid dream to his friends and recounts how he lived the entire life of one Harry Mortimer Smith, an Englishman from times past, in his dream. - Summary by Sonia

Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Science Fiction

Language: English

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LibriVox: Hernani

I recorded about 3 words for this project.  LibriVox

Hernani

Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Translated by Camilla Dufour Crosland (1812 - 1895)

First performed in 1830, this was once described as a play on which the "romantic school centered its
hopes". The Classicists at the time felt that this play was a threat to everything they deemed important in literature. Set in 16th century Spain, Hernani is a tale of romance and intrigue.

Described in 1912 thusly: "The performance was permitted, so tradition says, in the expectation that the play would discredit the romantic school once and for all. The principal actress, Mlle. Mars, was outraged by Hugo’s imagery, and refused point blank to call Firmin [actor] her ‘lion, superb and generous.’ A goodly claque, drawn from the ateliers and salons, brought the play to an overwhelming triumph, and for fifteen years the dominance of the romantic school was indisputable." ... and "Hernani passes from one cataclysmic experience to another; the whole of life seems to depend on the blowing of a hunting horn.".

This play inspired the opera "Ernani" by Giuseppe Verdi, premiered in 1844. - Summary by Jake Malizia

Cast list:
Hernani: Greg Giordano
Don Carlos: Jake Malizia
Don Ruy Gomez de Silva: Alan Mapstone
Doña Sol de Silva: Jenn Broda
The King of Bohemia: Algy Pug
The Duke of Bavaria: James R. Hedrick
The Duke of Gotha: Michael Broomhill
The Duke of Lutzelbourg: redrun
Don Sancho : Adrian Stephens
Don Mathias: John Payton
Don Ricardo: Larry Wilson
Don Garcie Suarez: James R. Hedrick
Don Francisco: Andrew Gaunce
Don Juan de Haro: KHand
Don Gil Tellez Giron: Sandra Schmit
Doña Josefa Duarte: Lynette Caulkins
A Mountaineer: ToddHW
A Lady: Michele Eaton
First Conspirator: Adrian Stephens
Second Conspirator: John Payton
Third Conspirator: Andrew Gaunce
A Conspirator: ToddHW
The Page: James R. Hedrick
Stage Directions: Sonia
Editing: ToddHW

Genre(s): Romance

Language: English

Librivox: Love and Friendship

 I worked a bit on this one (voice of the Innkeeper).

Love and Freindship (Dramatic Reading)

Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)

Love and Freindship [sic] is a melodramatic epistolary novelette written by Jane Austen when she was fourteen years old. Although the novels Austen became known for were not published until she was in her thirties, she was an active writer from the age of twelve, frequently composing epistolary works such as Love and Freindship. Austen eventually compiled 29 of her early writings in three notebooks that became known as the Juvenilia and that she called “Volume the First”, “Volume the Second”, and “Volume the Third”, including Love and Freindship in “Volume the Second”. Love and Freindship is set contemporaneously to Austen’s writing and consists of a series of fifteen letters, most of which are written from the perspective of the protagonist, Laura, who recounts her extraordinary personal history to her friend Isabel’s daughter. The novel satirizes sentimental novels, which were a popular genre at the time. Austen’s early works are frequently published with the original spelling errors unaltered, a practice that is particularly conspicuous in the case of Love and Freindship because of the spelling error in the title. Austen dedicated this novelette to her cousin Eliza de Feuillide, who is believed by literary critics to have inspired multiple characters in Austen’s writings, including the titular character in the novel Lady Susan. In 2016, Lady Susan was adapted into a film that borrowed the title Love & Friendship, albeit with the spelling corrected. - Summary by David Purdy

Cast List:

Laura: Irene Rubio

Sophia: Devorah Allen
Edward Lindsay: Larry Wilson
Isabel: rosefiasco
Augusta: Jenn Broda
Gustavus: Tomas Peter
Polydore: David Purdy
Claudia: Michelle Purdy
Sir Edward: Adrian Stephens
Augustus: redrun
Philippa: Norah Nelson
Lord St. Clair: Algy Pug
Janetta: deaspoke
MacDonald: ToddHW
Servant: Greg Giordano
Postilion: Rich Brown
Innkeeper: John Payton
Narrator: James R. Hedrick

Genre(s): Dramatic Readings, Epistolary Fiction, Humorous Fiction

Language: English

LibriVox - The Clandestine Marriage

The Clandestine Marriage

David Garrick (1717 - 1779) and George Colman the Elder (1732 - 1794)

A secret liaison and wedding. What will happen when they find out? - Summary by Michele Eaton

Cast List

Lord Ogleby: Greg Giordano

Sir John Melvil: Adrian Stephens

Sterling: ToddHW

Lovewell: Jim Locke

Canton: Alan Mapstone

Brush: Krista Zaleski

Serjeant Flower: John Payton

Traverse: Algy Pug

Trueman: Lynette Caulkins

Mrs Heidelberg: WendyKatzHiller

Miss Sterling: Annie Mars

Fanny: Jenn Broda

Betty: Adrienne Prevost

Chambermaid: Mira Williams

Trusty: Lauren-Emma Blake

Servant: David Purdy

Narrator: Michele Eaton

Genre(s): Humorous Fiction, Plays, Romance

Language: English

Librivox Project - The Tyrrany of the Dark

I read for the male lead, Dr. Morton Serviss.  All files available here.

The Tyranny of the Dark

Hamlin Garland (1860 - 1940)

Dr. Morton Serviss is a promising young scientist who believes in the here and now. Viola Lambert is a
beautiful young woman who is haunted, and sometimes possessed, by the spirits of those who have died. After a chance meeting, they both are about to have their perceptions challenged.

Viola longs to escape from the life of a medium, but is unable to do so. Her mother and her pastor both encourage her in her abilities, and besides, she believes that the spirits themselves will never release her. Dr. Serviss doesn't believe in spirits, but he does see the necessity of her escape from the life she is living, and he is determined to release her. - Summary by Devorah Allen

THE CHARACTERS CONCERNED
Those in the Light:
Viola Lambert, the subject: Availle
Mrs. Lambert, her mother: Nichole James
Jospeh Lambert, her step-father: ToddHW
Anthony Clarke, her pastor: James R. Hedrick
Dr. Britt, her physician: Mike Manolakes
Morton Serviss, her lover: John Payton
Kate Rice, her friend: Devorah Allen
Dr. Weissmann, her investigator: kromaine
Simeon Pratt, her patron: Algy Pug
Clinton Ward: Roger Melin
Mr. Lambert's Cook: Wayne Cooke
Dinner Hostess: Jenn Broda
Dinner Guest: Anthony Joseph
Pratt's Guest 1: Jennifer Wilson
Pratt's Guest 2: Mira Williams
A Detective: Mason Lewis
An Author: Mira Williams
Pratt's Usher: Mason Lewis
Pratt's Servant: Wayne Cooke
Pratt's Maid: Scarbo
Dr. Tolman: Shawn Clayton
Kate's Maid: Lauren-Emma Blake
A Reporter: Andrea Atwood
Those in the Dark:
Waldron, her father: Mark Kilkelly
MacLeod, her "control": Alan Mapstone
Waltie, her poltergeist: Andrea Atwood
Jennie Pratt, Pratt's eldest daughter: Jenn Broda
"Loggy": Larry Wilson
Great Aunt Dosia: Jennifer Wilson
Adele: Jenn Broda
Mrs. Serviss: Jennifer Wilson
Mina: Jenn Broda
Narrated by: Michele Eaton

Genre(s): Dramatic Readings, Horror & Supernatural Fiction

Language: English

Librivox Release: A Book About Myself

I read a couple of chapters in this one.

 A Book About Myself

Theodore Dreiser (1871 - 1945)

A book written by Theodore Dreiser detailing a history of his life and how he became a writer. - Summary by Michele Eaton

Genre(s): Family Life, *Non-fiction

Language: English

T. Tembarom

My first published Librivox project.  My chapter is 35.

LibriVox: T. Tembarom Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849 - 1924) The story of a Boy living in New York as a street waif, who sells newspapers eventually finds himself to be the heir of an ancient manor. The kids at school never understood what the "T" was for in his name, and he didn't tell them. Does that have something to do in the story? And what about this ancient manor?