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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood

By: Mark Twain
Narrated by: Elijah Wood
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Ernest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn". One hundred years after its author’s death, this classic remains remarkably modern and poignantly relevant. In this new edition, Elijah Wood reads Huck in a youthful voice that may be the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent. His performance captures the excitement and confusion of adolescence and adventure. Best of all, the immediacy of Wood’s energetic reading sweeps listeners up and makes them feel as though they’re along for the ride, as Huck and Jim push their raft toward freedom.

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Public Domain (P)2010 Audible, Inc. Classics Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Adventure
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"Elijah Wood’s performance is my nominee for the Narrators’ Hall of Fame. Wood’s unself-conscious reading doesn’t sound like a reading at all. He creates an entire world filled with people who cross class and color lines. His accents range from British to faux-British to all manner of regional affectations, twangs, and drawls. Wood’s delivery makes Mark Twain’s delicious wit and twisty language sound completely natural, especially as Huck invents plausible words to suit the moment. The journey down the Mississippi with Huck and Jim is pure pleasure, as the boy who won’t be "sivilized" and the runaway slave encounter scoundrels, slip out of scrapes, and invent outrageous tales. The listening couldn’t be better if Huck read the story himself." (AudioFile Magazine)
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a great evocation of a particular era in American history. The attitudes displayed, especially towards race and slavery, are shocking to modern ears and I had to keep reminding myself that the book was not only set, but also written in a very different time and place. I loved the variety of characters, all very real yet memorably larger than life, and I’m sure Elijah Wood’s expert narration was a major part of my enjoyment. His portrayal of all the dialects and accents was fabulous. I think even Dickens would have been proud of the King and the Duke! Having not read any Mark Twain as a child, I expect some of the excitement of the adventures was lost on me – I did get a little bored by the intricacies of the plot at Aunt Sally’s – but the major part of the book detailing Huck’s escape from his abusive father and his and Jim’s journey down the river had me completely hooked and even a little envious at times.

Classic evocation of a particular era

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It's been a long time since I read Huckleberry Finn, and I had forgotten how much depth there was in the novel, and how much Mark Twain used it to attack the issues and attitudes related to slavery in the Southern States. The movingly, if unsentimentally depicted friendship between Huck and Jim, whom he helps to escape from slavery, and Huck's ruminations on how very sinful he must be to 'steal' Jim from Miss Watson are, even now, powerful indictments against racism.

Elijah Wood is an ideal narrator for this tale, which is, more than anything, good fun.

Huck Finn

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Everyone should read this book ,
And Elijah Wood dose a fantastic job reading this book ,
I think people should listen to this .

Great read

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Would you try another book written by Mark Twain or narrated by Elijah Wood?

Elijah yes, Twain no

Didnt like the book, couldnt relate and it just didnt speak to me.

Has Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood put you off other books in this genre?

not really, next time Im going way more fantasy

Could you see Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?

I dont think so

Elijah Wood saves the day

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I quite enjoyed this book, it has a relatively fast paced story, and has a lot of humour and fun.

One for someone who wants to get started on American literature, as it has a lighthearted feel is lot of places.

An absorbing classic tale

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