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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes Part 1 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930)] (first published 1927)

This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: http://legamus.eu/blog/?p=778

And so, reader, farewell to Sherlock Holmes! These are positively the last stories. There is some disagreement as to their quality, and some claim that Conan Doyle was writing more experimentally, rather than to the conventional Sherlock Holmes formula. Not all the stories are narrated by the faithful Watson, and the stories are regarded as the darkest of the Holmes canon, with some unusual villains.

Please note: Section 5, The Adventure of the Three Gables, includes language which, though normal for the time it was written, is now regarded as highly unacceptable racial slurs. Anyone who finds this too offensive may wish to omit this story. Indeed, any listener who would understandably prefer to avoid my poor attempt at American accents, may prefer not to listen to a number of these stories. Conan Doyle seemed to like American villains . (Summary by Ruth Golding)

Text source: http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100291.txt (please only read from this text!)
Prooflistener: Hokuspokus

Magic Window

Magic Window - Google.doc

List of chapters
(Book Coordinator, please fill in all chapters of the book and keep track of claims and recordings here.)
## chapter title - - - reader (claimed) - - - link to recording - - - PL notes
00 Preface -- Uploaded
01 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client Part 1 Uploaded (wc9742)
02 The Adventure of the Illustrious Client Part 2 Uploaded
03 The Adventure of the Blanched Soldier (wc7710) Uploaded
04 The Adventure of the Mazarin Stone (wc5644) Uploaded
05 The Adventure of the Three Gables (wc6042) Uploaded
06 The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire (wc5963) Uploaded
07 The Adventure of the Three Garridebs (wc6185) Uploaded
08 The Problem of Thor Bridge Part 1 (wc9583) Uploaded
09 The Problem of Thor Bridge Part 2 Uploaded
10 The Adventure of the Creeping Man (wc7656) Uploaded
11 The Adventure of the Lion's Mane (wc7175)
12 The Adventure of the Veiled Lodger (wc4464)
13 The Adventure of Shoscombe Old Place (wc6241)
14 The Adventure of the Retired Colourman (wc5504)

Intro, Outro and Disclaimer for CC0:
At the beginning of each file please say:
[Section number] of The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This Legamus recording may be distributed and adapted freely for any purpose.
(if you wish: Read by [your name]**)
[Chapter title]

At the end of each section please say:
End of [Section number]
(if you wish: Read by [your name]** )
At the end of the project please say additionally:
soon to come ...

**Please add your name at the beginning or the end, not in both places.

About recording:
Set your recording software to:
Channels: 1 (Mono)
Bit Rate: 128 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz

Please leave 5 seconds silence at the end of your recording, or 10 seconds for files longer than 30 minutes!

Save files as:
128 kbps MP3
casebookholmes_##_conandoyle.mp3 (all lower-case) where ## is your section number. (e.g. titleinoneword_01_authorsurname.mp3)

Add the following tags to your .mp3 file (how you do this depends on which software you use – if you are unsure about ID3 tags, please ask). Please mind upper and lower case!

Title: ## - [Section title]
Artist: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Album: The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
Genre: Speech
Track Number: Section Number (if sections are numbered from 1, section +1, if sections are numbered from 0)

How to upload your file:
Please read this tutorial: http://legamus.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=148
When your file is uploaded, you will get a link. Please post the link here.

And now?
Please check for new posts in this thread until your section has been prooflistened.

Hi Ruth,

I'm your MC for this project (now this really sound strange). I've added the link to the Google.doc MW to your post. Do you have a google ID, so I can make you editor for the spread sheet? Else please PM me an email address you wouldn't mind google to know.

Thank you, HP!

I don't know if I have a Google ID, to be honest. I certainly use Google docs, but I never understand the way Google works. I am PMing you the email address I use for Google docs.

I had been meaning to ask about track numbers. I see in the MW that Section 0 should be Track 0, but I had made it 1, and was going to carry on with +1 for each section. And now I am not sure if track numbers should be 2 digits anyway: 01, 02, etc.

I know that the LV validator makes section 0 = track 1, and they continue with just one digit 2, 3, 4 etc till they reach 10, 11 etc. but I don't know if that is just archive's way of doing it.

Ruth

You are of course right about the track numbers. They should start with 1. It is corrected in the MW.
I tested the digit thing. It doesn't make any difference if they are 1 or 01. When I changed 1 to 01, it was still 1 under Win7. 1 digit should work with mp3 players, too.

Ah, thank you! That is good to know.

I can now edit the MW. Now for the fun stuff. (Puts on smoking jacket, lights pipe, and prepares to be the illustrious Mr. Holmes...)

Ruth

I took the liberty to listen to the preface.
Section 0 PL OK

Thank you, HP!

Section 01 uploaded. I have split the first story into two parts, as it was a bit of a squeeze to make the whole thing less than 74 minutes, and also there was a smashing cliff-hanger at a suitable spot in the middle.

Ruth

If you have no one else in mind, I do PL some time this week end. Is standard PL OK? If you prefer a native speaker PL, it would be best to ask over at LV.
We move to Readers Found.

I should be delighted if you would, HP, as long as it is OK with you. Standard PL will be fine. There are a couple of typos in the Gutenberg.au text anyway, so I had to check with other sources.

Section 02 uploaded, completing the first story.

Ruth

Section 1 PK OK
Wonderful cliffhanger!

Looking forward to section 2

Section 2 PL OK
Great reading!

Section 3 uploaded.

Let me know if you would prefer me to get another proof-listener, HP. I know you are very busy.

Ruth

Things are settling down here and I'd want to hear it anyway. So - downloading section 3

Section 3 PL OK

Horrible story *shudder* I was really thankful for the happy-end.

Section 4 uploaded. This was a rattling good little story. A really evil villain, and Holmes at his most delightful.

Ruth

Downloading ...

Section 4 PL OK.
I especially loved the voice of the boxer/fighter(?)

I've updated the first post with a new kind of link to our Magic Window. Click on it and you should be able to edit it, when you are signed in with Google. (Soloist and DPL only.)

Section 05 uploaded (at last). There is offensive racial language in this story, and I shall include a warning in the summary.

Ruth

Soon or late, it's great!
Section 5 PL OK