The plot thickens and another great rendition of Conrad is in.

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 10
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Gina of a.b.d.f.t.c.o.w
Time:
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 13.3 MB
Internet Archive page (for Ogg & 128kbps file)

Next up: Chapter 11, read by Jan of Urban Art Adventures.

NOTE: LibriVox is always looking for volunteers, please comment here, or visit our Forum.

Chapter 9 for your listening pleasure, superbly-rendered by Michèle Pacey.

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 9

Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Michèle Pacey
Time:
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 27.8 MB
Internet Archive page (for Ogg & 128kbps file)

Next up: Chapter 10, read by Gina.

The next installment is in, another thrilling reading, this time by Mitchell Dwyer, who has a great literary podcast, the Literate Loser (now in the process of doing Mark Twain’s Puddinhead Wilson). In any case, here it is:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 8
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Mitchell Dwyer, from Literate Loser
Time:
Bit rate: 64 kbps
File size: 30.6 MB

Next up: Chapter 9, read by Michèle Pacey

PS. Sorry for the delay folks - in the future we’ll finish a book before we begin a podcast. And if you feel like volunteering, we’ll be adding many books to our stable soon, check the brand new FORUMS for details.

Whew! A long wait, but worth it. Lloyd had some technical troubles with Chapter 7, and had to redo the recording, and here it is (gotta love that London accent):

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 7
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Lloyd Davis from Perfect Path
Time: 30:53
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 14.8 MB

Next up: Chapter 8, read by Mitchell, the Literate Loser.

Greg from openstacks delivers another stellar installment of the Conrad’s Secret Agent. Here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 6
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Greg from Openstacks
Time: 56:25
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 16.9 MB

Next up: Chapter 7, by Lloyd Davis from Perfect Path.

Well, Branko Collin has delivered another great installment of the Secret Agent. Wonderful recording.

Here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 5
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Branko Collin
Time: 50:01
Bit rate: 40 (?) kbps
File size: 15.0 MB

Next up: Greg from Open Stacks with Chapter 6.

By the way any comments or suggestions will be much appreciated. Also, a volunteer to convert the files to ogg, and put them up on our ourmedia page as well would be nice.

Due to some scheduling conflicts, Andrew will be doing a future chapter, and I’ve recorded chapter 4. Hope you enjoy. One note, I’ve found exporting from audacity to mp3 at 40kbps is ideal; 32 kbps is too distorted, and 48 the file size goes way up. This one’s about 38 mins, and came in just over 10MB at 40kbps, and I think the sound’s pretty good. Branko, I think you were asking about that re: chap 5?

Anyway, here are the stats:

File: The Secret Agent, Chapter 4
Written by: Joseph Conrad
Read by: Hugh McGuire
Time: 38:12
Bit rate (?): 40 kbps
File size: 11.5 MB

well, fling93 delivers on chapter 3. I have not listened yet, but look forward to it. well done fling. now andrew, get busy!

here is the: file.

While we wait for fling93 to produce chapter 3 of the Secret Agent, I thought it would be worthwhile to record a more detailed background on the project (with “umms” edited out!).

Also, stay tuned for an interview about LibriVox with Paula B of the Writing Show.

And here’s the latest librivox podcast, a non-chapter explanation of the project: librivox-background-aug 19 2005.

Wonderful. Our first non-me volunteer comes through with a great rendition of chapter 2! Thanks to Neal, the podchef, who has a great weblog/podcast about cooking, food, life on a little island off the coast of Washington State, and general good living. Neal’s podcast was one of the first I listened to and really had me hooked, for undefinable reasons - all the best about podcasting, I think.

Also we’ve had a number of volunteers step up for chapters:
Chapter 1 - Hugh (me)
Chapter 2 - Neal the Podchef
Chap 3 - andrew
Chap 4 - fling93
Chap 5 - Branko Collin
Chap 6 - Greg of OpenStacks
Chap 7 - Lloyd Davis of Perfect Path
Chap 8 - Literate Loser
UPDATE
Chap 9 - michelle (& lowell)
Chap 10 - gina
Chap 11 - jan from uaa audiobooks
Chap 12 - derek
Chap 13 - paula from the writing show

Wow. All done. Now get to the recording studio folks!

Again, if you are going to read, please check this first.
The gutenberg e-text of the Secret Agent can be found here.

And here is the audio recording of: chapter 2 of the secret agent, by joseph conrad.

(Note that the file is for now hosted by neal, I’m waiting for it to show on ourmedia & I’ll change the link).