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He did speak differently for each character, but it wasn't a full-on change of voice as you might hear in other books.

Great Story, Elijah Wood was great - recommendedĪt first, I was thinking Elijah didn't create very distinct voices for each character, and it bothered me a little.

Stay tuned for more one-of-a-kind performances from actors Kenneth Branagh, David Hyde Pierce, Leelee Sobieski, and more, only from Audible Signature Classics. 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. His performance captures the excitement and confusion of adolescence and adventure. In this brand new edition, Elijah Wood reads Huck in a youthful voice that may be the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent. One hundred years after its author’s death, this classic remains remarkably modern and poignantly relevant.

The first book in the series is Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, performed by Elijah Wood.Įrnest Hemingway said, “All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn'. W.Earphones Award Winner ( AudioFile Magazine)Īudible is pleased to announce the premiere of an exciting new series, Audible Signature Classics, featuring literature’s greatest stories, performed by accomplished stars handpicked for their ability to interpret each work in a new and refreshing way. This version includes the 174 Illustrations by E. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an often scathing satire on entrenched attitudes, particularly racism. The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. It is a direct sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. It is told in the first person by Huckleberry 'Huck' Finn, a friend of Tom Sawyer and narrator of two other Twain novels (Tom Sawyer Abroad and Tom Sawyer, Detective). Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (or, in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn) is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.

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