[Next Project] John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benét

[Emma Sweeney]

I finally got some time for a project, so I'll do Stephen Vincent Benét's John Brown's Body.

transcription: https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700461h.html

page scans: https://archive.org/details/johnbrownsbody0000unse

repository: https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent-benet_john-browns-body

I'd like to use The Last Moments of John Brown by Thomas Hovenden for the cover.

Emma

[Alex Cabal]

OK, David will manage this with Weijia reviewing. I've assigned the cover!

On 11/6/25 8:02 PM, Emma Sweeney wrote:
> I finally got some time for a project, so I'll do Stephen Vincent
> Benét's John Brown's Body.
>
> transcription: https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700461h.html
> <https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700461h.html>

> page scans: https://archive.org/details/johnbrownsbody0000unse <https://
> archive.org/details/johnbrownsbody0000unse>
> repository: https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent-benet_john-
> browns-body <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent-benet_john-
> browns-body>

>
> I'd like to use The Last Moments of John Brown by Thomas Hovenden

> <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/thomas-hovenden/the-last-moments-
> of-john-brown> for the cover.
>
> john-brown-cover-1.jpg
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[Weijia Cheng]

Ok, sounds good! I thought about producing this myself at one point.

[Emma Sweeney]

Weijia, John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benét is ready for review.

repository: https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent-benet_john-browns-body

Notes:

1. Book 1 has quoted prose sections (John Brown’s Prayer and John Brown’s Speech).
2. Book 2 contains both prose and verse.
3. There are a lot of mismatched dashes. Since this isn't a translation, the inconsistencies were kept.

Emma

[Weijia Cheng]

I filed a review. It looks great as always, just a few minor issues.

[Weijia Cheng]

Alex, this is ready for you.

[Alex Cabal]

I think we can make the dashes consistent. Can you do that?

On 11/15/25 8:10 PM, 'Weijia Cheng' via Standard Ebooks wrote:
> Alex, this is ready for you.
>
> On Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 7:37:11 PM UTC-5 Weijia Cheng wrote:
>
> I filed a review. It looks great as always, just a few minor issues.
>
> On Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 5:58:32 PM UTC-5 Emma Sweeney wrote:
>
> Weijia, John Brown's Body by Stephen Vincent Benét is ready for
> review.
>

> repository: https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent-
> benet_john-browns-body <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-

> vincent-benet_john-browns-body>
>
> Notes:
>
> 1. Book 1 has quoted prose sections (John Brown’s Prayer

> and John Brown’s Speech).

> 2. Book 2 contains both prose and verse.
> 3. There are a lot of mismatched dashes. Since this isn't a

> translation, the inconsistencies were kept.
>
>
> Emma
> On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 6:41:08 AM UTC-5 weij...@bu.edu
> wrote:
>
> Ok, sounds good! I thought about producing this myself at
> one point.
>
> On Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 9:43:52 PM UTC-5 Alex Cabal
> wrote:
>
> OK, David will manage this with Weijia reviewing. I've
> assigned the cover!
>
> On 11/6/25 8:02 PM, Emma Sweeney wrote:
> > I finally got some time for a project, so I'll
> do Stephen Vincent
> > Benét's John Brown's Body.
> >
> > transcription: https://www.gutenberg.net.au/
> ebooks07/0700461h.html <https://www.gutenberg.net.au/
> ebooks07/0700461h.html>
> > <https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700461h.html
> <https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks07/0700461h.html>>
> > page scans: https://archive.org/details/
> johnbrownsbody0000unse <https://archive.org/details/

> johnbrownsbody0000unse> <https://
> > archive.org/details/johnbrownsbody0000unse <http://
> archive.org/details/johnbrownsbody0000unse>>
> > repository: https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-
> vincent-benet_john- <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/
> stephen-vincent-benet_john->
> > browns-body <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-
> vincent-benet_john- <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/
> stephen-vincent-benet_john->

> > browns-body>
> >
> > I'd like to use The Last Moments of John Brown
> by Thomas Hovenden
> > <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/thomas-hovenden/

> the-last-moments- <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/
> thomas-hovenden/the-last-moments->

> > of-john-brown> for the cover.
> >
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[Emma Sweeney]

Making the dashes consistent will change the meter for the rhymed portions that use iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter. I don't recommend changing it.

Emma

[Alex Cabal]

But meter depends on a word's stress, and the stress is there regardless
of the presence of a dash. If they're mismatched then it's more than
likely just careless orthography by the printer.

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> > stephen-vincent-benet_john->
> > > browns-body>
> > >
> > > I'd like to use The Last Moments of John Brown
> > by Thomas Hovenden

> > > <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/thomas-hovenden/ <https://
> standardebooks.org/artworks/thomas-hovenden/>
> > the-last-moments- <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/ <https://
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[Emma Sweeney]

OK, I've made the dashes the dashes consistent. The only one I didn't change was stonewall vs stone-wall. The stone-wall is a noun.

Emma

[Alex Cabal]

Great work, I've released it! Thanks!

> > <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent- <https://

> github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-vincent->>
> > > benet_john-browns-body <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen-
> <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen->

> > <https://github.com/EmmaSweeney/stephen- <https://github.com/

> EmmaSweeney/stephen->>
> > > vincent-benet_john-browns-body>
> > >
> > > Notes:
> > >
> > > 1. Book 1 has quoted prose sections (John Brown’s Prayer
> > > and John Brown’s Speech).
> > > 2. Book 2 contains both prose and verse.
> > > 3. There are a lot of mismatched dashes. Since this isn't a
> > > translation, the inconsistencies were kept.
> > >
> > >
> > > Emma
> > > On Friday, November 7, 2025 at 6:41:08 AM UTC-5 weij...@bu.edu
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > Ok, sounds good! I thought about producing this myself at
> > > one point.
> > >
> > > On Thursday, November 6, 2025 at 9:43:52 PM UTC-5 Alex Cabal
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, David will manage this with Weijia reviewing. I've
> > > assigned the cover!
> > >
> > > On 11/6/25 8:02 PM, Emma Sweeney wrote:
> > > > I finally got some time for a project, so I'll
> > > do Stephen Vincent
> > > > Benét's John Brown's Body.
> > > >
> > > > transcription: https://www.gutenberg.net.au/ <https://

> www.gutenberg.net.au/> <https://
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> > > stephen-vincent-benet_john->
> > > > browns-body>
> > > >
> > > > I'd like to use The Last Moments of John Brown
> > > by Thomas Hovenden
> > > > <https://standardebooks.org/artworks/thomas-hovenden/

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> > > thomas-hovenden/the-last-moments->
> > > > of-john-brown> for the cover.
> > > >
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