Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood
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Narrated by:
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Elijah Wood
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Written by:
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Mark Twain
About this listen
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.
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Public Domain (P)2010 Audible, Inc.What the critics say
"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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- eric overbeek
- 2020-11-04
incredibly performed! obviously good book
enjoyed every minute of it. original version. if they would have "washed " it i wouldn't have listened because history is what it is and shouldn't be washed.
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- hi
- 2019-07-09
always an adveture
very long, listened in the car with the kids, but worth it. lots of n words, has some explaining to do lol
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-09-24
Huck
Wood did an amazing job in narrating this book from ‘back in my day’.
I remember this story well from elementary school, and it was about time for me to review.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-11-10
Elijah was Spectacular
Elijah was Spectacular! He made the book come alive with so many voices and characters. It was truly a performance rather than a reading.
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- Gerald Lefebvre
- 2022-02-27
A classic story, written by a lengend
A classic novel, 4 stars, the language is hard to hear. performance was very good, I can't imagine trying to read the printed copy, with all the different dialects of the English language and accents.
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- 2022-12-06
Fun to listen
Great performance, really enjoyed it, took me back to childhood, plus classic Mark Twain, such good stories!
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- Anonymous User
- 2024-06-27
A sparkling combo of performance and prose
The accents are so dead on and performed so authentically that it really makes Twain's prose shine. This is my first read of the book and I found it a hilarious, accurate, and pitiful sojourn into the American soul.
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- Anonymous User
- 2021-10-28
Elijah Wood brings every character alive
Hukleberry Finn is a better read than Tom Sawyer and I cannot see anyone doing a better job of reading it then Elijah Wood. He really brought the characters to life.
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- Blake Menzies
- 2022-04-28
He "got" Huck's voice..
Read this as a kid as an adventure story, and then again in school when they tried to teach us about allegory.
This reading was superbly done, Huck's "voice" was great, .. just a great reading.
and no @#$%&! mood music, or if there was I was made unaware.
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- Christy
- 2021-08-23
Incredible performance by Elijah Wood
One of the best I’ve ever listened to…highly recommended…very entertaining….can’t put it down
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