A Christmas Carol- Stave II

mp3 audio file: A Christmas Carol – Stave II

Written by: Charles Dickens

Read by: Kara Shallenberg.
Bit rate: 64 kbps

Time: 00:44:14

Gutenberg e-text #46

LibriVox Catalog Page: A Christmas Carol (for Ogg Vorbis, mp3 128kb & a zip of the entire book)

Next up (Tuesday): A Christmas Carol, Stave III, read by Kristen McQuillin.
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A group called the institute for the future of the book wrote, what is, I think, the most exciting bit of prose I’ve seen about LibriVox yet. Here is the paragraph that I read three times:

As a regular audiobook listener, I was struck by the fact that while most literary audiobooks are read by authors [...]

And now the Christmas home-stretch. How better to celebrate than Dickens’classic Christmas tale of Scrooges, Tiny Tims, humbug and redemption.
A Christmas Carol- Stave I

mp3 audio file: A Christmas Carol – Stave I

Written by: Charles Dickens

Read by: Mark Bradford
Bit rate: 64 kbps

Time: 00:44:39

Gutenberg e-text #46

LibriVox Catalog Page: A Christmas Carol (for Ogg Vorbis, mp3 128kb & [...]

The Road, by Siegfried Sassoon
Another installment of our Weekly Poetry Project: every week someone chooses a public domain poem (not too long) and posts it on the forum under Readers Wanted/Weekly Poetry. Everyone is encouraged to record a version of it.
This past week we chose:
The Road, by Siegfried Sassoon
THE ROAD
The road is thronged with women; [...]

A popular German site, heise online, posted about us here. We’ve had loads of hits from Germany, and a few questions about why we have no German books … answer: we have no German volunteers yet! So:
Willkommen zu LibriVox! Wir sind gefragt worden, warum wir keine deutschen Bücher haben! Die Antwort ist: Wir [...]

And here’s a thank you note from a listener Justin in Kentucky:
I just read about LibriVox on Wired.com and I have just got to say “Thank you!” I wish I had found it much sooner. The thank you is from myself and from my grandmother. Nearly 12 years ago she went blind. She was about [...]

The famous Wired News story about LibriVox finally came out. Though, I think I was a bit optimistic, I don’t think we’ll complete 30 recordings by the end of the year … unless some keeners come on board today and jump right in!

This summer, Hugh McGuire was searching for free audio books online from [...]

Old Christmas – 5: The Christmas Dinner

mp3 audio file: Old Christmas – 5: The Christmas Dinner

Written by: Washington Irving

Read by: Kara Shallenberg
Bit rate: 64 kbps

Time: 00:32:00

Gutenberg e-text #1850

OpenLibrary illustrated edition

LibriVox Catalog Page: Old Christmas (for Ogg, 128kbps & a zip of the entire book)

Next up (Monday): A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.
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Chicago Sun Times made us their Click Here pick for Dec 6, 2005. Here’s what they said:

Download free audio books, such as Jack London’s The Call of the Wild or Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and listen to them on your Apple iPod or other digital music player. If you like to read aloud, volunteer to make [...]

Random link: Pinky’s Paperhaus (blog & podcast)