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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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Earphones Award Winner (AudioFile Magazine)

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.

Public Domain (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

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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I thought I'd read this book as a child but the version I read must have been an abridged version because those book was so much better than I remembered it. Very well read by Elijah Wood this is an exciting experience from start to finish. highly recommended

Brilliant

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Hearing the audio book, gave the same sense of adventure as when I read it 30 years ago. Yet, you do tend to thing of the book differently with the current standing of political correctness and how we have developed as a culture over the years.
The performance by Elijah Wood, made all the difference, I hope to find other books he had narrated.

Truly a Master classic

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This is the sort of book that the excellent narrator and author transports the reader back in time to the 1800s in the southern states of America .When life was hard and people made the best of it ,but also when slavery was normal .Something the world has moved on from and history has left a scar on man's inhumanity to man but unfortunately still exist in todays world centuries later .

Adventures on the Missippii river in 1800s

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Though Elijah does a great job performing a number of accents from the American south, I prefer other recordings where the accent is more authentic. The story was interesting and I learned a lot about contemporary life along the Mississippi, but I didn't find the story super captivating.

Fun adventures, well portrayed

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Since becoming an Audible member on the 22nd of April 2021 i have listened to and read on one of my ebook readers the same time as listening 68 Audible books some factual but mainly fiction.
This is without doubt in my top three ,difficult to say if it is the very best.Read it of course along with "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" when a child .This story can be delight for anyone at any age.
With such a vast collection and variety to choose from on Audible picking the right title can take me quite a while before making my choice.Will i listen to it again doubtful, as there are so many to choose from.
Elijah Wood i am sure could not be surpassed as the narrator or even anyone getting close to his rendition.Faultless.

WONDERFUL

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