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date: 2026-10-02 16:06:29 UTC-05:00
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    An in-progress audio recording of Dickens's novel Barnaby Rudge.
    As of 2026-10-31,
    there are eight
    of eighty-three
    tracks available.
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slug: barnaby-rudge
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title: >-
    Barnaby Rudge: an audiobook recording in progress
type: text
previewimage: assets/cover_square.jpg
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Folks have told me that I would be good at reading audiobooks.
So I'm reading this one.
[I'm interested in your technical and artistic comments][mail].
I'm also building this webpage, with the little per-chapter players,
so I'm interested in how that looks and works on your device; perhaps
consider sending me a screenshot, and let me know if anything is janky
or weird.

  [mail]: mailto:robert.s.mahurin@gmail.com?subject=barnaby%20rudge:%20your%20narration%20is%20a%20masterpiece

A [summary from Project Gutenberg][summary]:

  [summary]: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/917

> “Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of ’Eighty,” by Charles Dickens,
> is a historical novel published in 1841. Set against the backdrop of
> London's violent Gordon Riots of 1780, the story weaves together
> forbidden romances, a decades-old murder mystery, and the
> simple-minded Barnaby Rudge with his pet raven. As anti-Catholic
> fervor ignites the city, families are torn apart and ordinary people
> are swept into mob violence. Churches burn, homes are destroyed, and
> innocent lives hang in the balance in this tale of social upheaval.

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<details>
    <summary>Copyright information</summary>
    <p>
    Dickens' text is in the public domain.<br/>
    Recordings ©2026 Rob Mahurin (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0)
    </p>
    <p>Thank you for listening!
These copyrighted recordings are offered under the
<a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/">Creative Commons <code>CC-BY-NC-ND</code> license, version 4.0</a>.
That means you are welcome to download, copy, and redistribute them
unaltered, in any format.  Please share!  However,
you may <em>not</em> distribute derivative works or modified versions (the <code>-ND</code> part);
you may <em>not</em> use the material for commercial purposes (the <code>-NC-</code>);
you <em>must</em> preserve attribution (the <code>-BY-</code>) and a link to this license;
and you may <em>not</em> impose other restrictions on the copies you share (the <code>CC-</code>).</p>
</details>

<details>
    <summary>About your data</summary>
    I'm not collecting any data about what you do here.
    The difference between "play chapter" versus "play chapter again"
    is stored entirely in your web browser.
    You can view and delete it from somewhere in your browser
    settings.
</details>