Completed chapters are marked in this color.
Assigned chapters are marked in this color.
12 of 21 (57%) sections assigned
8 of 21 (38%) sections completed
This project has a dedicated proof-listener who will listen to all sections: Beeswaxcandle
| Section | Title | Reader | Notes | Listen Url | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pericles, Part 1 | Cbteddy | 17:39 until "In appearance and manner Pericles and Conkling had much in common, but there the parallel stops." |
Listen | PL OK |
| 2 | Pericles, Part 2 | Cbteddy | 20:47 from "Pericles appeared only on great occasions. " | Listen | PL OK |
| 3 | Mark Anthony, Part 1 | Availle | 4000 words until " It is an abnormality that any man should long tower above his fellows." | Assigned | |
| 4 | Mark Anthony, Part 2 | Availle | 3800 words from "For a few short weeks Mark Antony was the pride and pet of Rome. " | Assigned | |
| 5 | Savonarola, Part 1 | 3300 words until "...and deep into their side has been thrust the spear." | Open | ||
| 6 | Savonarola, Part 2 | 3000 words from "It was not until his fortieth year that Savonarola attained that self-sufficiency..." | Open | ||
| 7 | Martin Luther, Part 1 | mummibee | 33:30 until "But it did not rest long." |
Listen | PL OK |
| 8 | Martin Luther, Part 2 | mummibee | 37:05 from "The general policy of the Church in Luther's time was not unlike what it is now. " |
Listen | PL OK |
| 9 | Edmund Burke | jenno | 36:50 | Listen | PL OK |
| 10 | William Pitt | jenno | 32:12 | Listen | PL OK |
| 11 | Jean Paul Marat | 5100 words | Open | ||
| 12 | Robert Ingersoll, Part 1 | Cbteddy | 5000 words until "This story of the pig-pen I never heard of until Ingersoll's friends denied it in a book." | Assigned | |
| 13 | Robert Ingersoll, Part 2 | Cbteddy | 4800 words from "Just one instance to show how trifles light as air are..." DUE June 22 | Assigned | |
| 14 | Patrick Henry, Part 1 | Cbteddy | 19:06 until "There was but one will in that assembly, and that will was the will of Patrick Henry." |
Listen | PL OK |
| 15 | Patrick Henry, Part 2 | Cbteddy | 17:56 from "In that first great speech of his life—probably the greatest speech ..." |
Listen | PL OK |
| 16 | Starr King, Part 1 | 4000 words until "...he referred them to Starr King, who would lecture for five dollars and supply his own horse-feed." | Open | ||
| 17 | Starr King, Part 2 | 4300 words from "Two years went by and calls came for Starr King to come up higher." | Open | ||
| 18 | Henry Ward Beecher, Part 1 | 4300 words until "...and Pond paid to Beecher two hundred forty thousand dollars." | Open | ||
| 19 | Henry Ward Beecher, Part 2 | 4200 words from "Beecher and Tilton became acquainted about the year Eighteen Hundred Sixty. " | Open | ||
| 20 | Wendell Phillips, Part 1 | 4100 words until "O God! we thank thee for the thoughts and feelings that are beyond speech!" | Open | ||
| 21 | Wendell Phillips, Part 2 | 3900 words from "When it became known that Wendell Phillips, the most promising of Boston's young sons,..." | Open |