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COMPLETE solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Sun 23. May 2021, 11:45
by RobMarland
This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://legamus.eu/blog/?p=1101

The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas by Lord Alfred Douglas (*1870 - † 1945)[**TRANSLATORTXT**]
Lord Alfred “Bosie” Douglas wrote his autobiography in his late fifties, five years after serving a six month sentence at Wormwood Scrubs for libelling Winston Churchill. Since the publication of his first memoir, the vitriolic “Oscar Wilde and Myself” (1914), Douglas’s anger at Wilde had cooled somewhat, but he still took the opportunity in his autobiography to strike back at his many other perceived enemies.
(Summary by Rob Marland)
Text source: https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... graphy.pdf (please only read from this text!)

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At the beginning of each file please say:
[Section number] of The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas. This Legamus recording may be distributed and adapted freely for any purpose.
(if you wish: Read by [your name]**)
[Chapter title]

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End of [Section number]
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**Please add your name at the beginning or the end, not in both places.

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------------for your MC -----------------------------------
Wiki author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Alfred_Douglas
Wiki translator:
Wiki book:
published: 1929 / [language: English]
category: memoirs / Tags: oscar wilde, queensberry
username: [your name] / https://robmarland.co.uk/
Section: no sect. / preface: [**PREFACE**] / License: CC0
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Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Fri 11. Jun 2021, 20:06
by Newgatenovelist
Hi Rob,

Are you looking for a DPL for this project?

Erin

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Sun 13. Jun 2021, 10:48
by RobMarland

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Sun 13. Jun 2021, 16:21
by Newgatenovelist
You've been busy! It's nice to see Legamus getting a bit more in the way of projects.

Chapters 1 and 2 are PL OK.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Tue 15. Jun 2021, 22:35
by Newgatenovelist
One note for chapter 3:

Please add track/chapter numbers in the tags

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Thu 17. Jun 2021, 17:24
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 5 and 6 are PL OK. One possible note for chapter 4, depending on your preferences:

0.48-0.51, p 21 third line indented quotation
And where the Devil’s grace, [head glance] to counterfeit,
I don’t know if you want word-perfect for poetry.

He really isn't holding back, is he?

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Thu 17. Jun 2021, 20:25
by Newgatenovelist
Chapter 7 is PL OK.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Sat 19. Jun 2021, 11:57
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 8, 9 and 10 are PL OK.

Are Robert Ross's stories any good? I've not read them.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Sun 20. Jun 2021, 17:06
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 11, 12 and 13 are PL OK.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Thu 24. Jun 2021, 23:27
by RobMarland
Newgatenovelist wrote: Sat 19. Jun 2021, 11:57 Chapters 8, 9 and 10 are PL OK.

Are Robert Ross's stories any good? I've not read them.
Me neither. I don't know how easily available they are.

Thanks for all the PLing. I'm not getting email notifications again for some reason, hence why I've been slow to respond, but I'll get it sorted.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas

Posted: Fri 25. Jun 2021, 21:51
by Newgatenovelist
No worries about the notifications. In my experience sometimes the Legamus ones are delayed, though they come through in the end. This isn't a short book to record, so no rush.

Masques & Phases is available from IA:
https://archive.org/details/masquesphases00rossuoft
Ross seems like an interesting person, but I have no idea if this collection in and of itself is worth bumping to the front of my ever-lengthening reading queue. I thought if anybody might have read it, it would be you!

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Sun 27. Jun 2021, 11:48
by RobMarland
I think I have heard of the title of that collection, but never looked it up. Ever-lengthening queue is right!

For [spot] PL
3 https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... ouglas.mp3
14 https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... ouglas.mp3
15 https://upload.legamus.eu/simple/files/ ... ouglas.mp3

Edit: Viktor has set up the MW so I have now updated it.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Mon 28. Jun 2021, 19:19
by Newgatenovelist
Excellent! A flying visit - chapter 3 is spot PL OK.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Tue 29. Jun 2021, 21:36
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 14 and 15 are PL OK.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Sun 4. Jul 2021, 10:57
by RobMarland

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Mon 5. Jul 2021, 21:02
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 16 and 17 are PL OK.

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Mon 26. Jul 2021, 23:46
by RobMarland

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Wed 28. Jul 2021, 21:06
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 18 and 20 are PL OK. For chapter 19, one note, though the reading itself is fine:

Small mistake in the tags – I see the chapter number as IXX rather than XIX

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Wed 4. Aug 2021, 22:03
by RobMarland

Re: solo [ENGLISH] The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas - vik

Posted: Fri 6. Aug 2021, 15:54
by Newgatenovelist
Chapters 19, 21 and 22 are PL OK.

The more I listen, the more desperately sad this becomes. I can't imagine how miserable he must have been to spend so many years thinking that other people were out to get him and giving over so many hours of his life to these vendettas when he was writing parts of this book.