• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood

  • By: Mark Twain
  • Narrated by: Elijah Wood
  • Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (14,038 ratings)

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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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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.

Publisher's summary

Earphones Award Winner (AudioFile Magazine)

Audible 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. The first book in the series is Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, performed by Elijah Wood.

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 brand 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.

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.

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"Elijah Wood's performance of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is my nominee for the Narrators' Hall of Fame. Wood's unself-conscious reading doesn't sound like a reading at all." ( AudioFile)

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Wonderful everything. Great performance. Amazing

Elijah Wood performed this classic with an amazing ability to make this an easy listen. Honestly one of the best perforances I've heard on Audible and I've listened to too many to count. One of the greatest American novels ever. Elijah Wood was incredible. You quickly forget it's him. Real easy listen.

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I'm surprised

Elijah Wood's performance was spectacular! I would never have guessed Jim was him. As a black man, he sounded like one of my uncles.

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fantastic story

love this story. the N word comes up an awful lot. but look at how long ago it was written. we are doomed to repeat history if we don't learn from it.

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SO GOOD! DO IT!

I did this on on an east coast drive. Half on the way there and the other half on the way back. It did not disappoint. It was very good.

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Fantastic Story, but NOT FOR THE KIDS!

Before I say anything else, this is a fantastic novel and the performance is top notch right from the outset. The story is fun and, at times, poignant.

Ok, now for the tough part. I fall into the camp that believes Huckleberry Finn offers a critique of the institution of slavery. Huck routinely feels pangs of guilt over helping Jim escape slavery, but is always drawn away from that when he thinks about the slave as a human being. In that way I love the book even more, but then there’s the N word. Wow is there the N word… like, a lot. Sure it’s reflective of the era in which it was written, and it would change something significant about the novel to edit that out, but, man, it says it a lot. The novel is very much NSFW or kids, but still feels like essential reading.

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Elijah nails it. Amazing job.

I was shocked at how good Elijah reads this. Truly wonderful. He can do all the voices so well that it sounds like multiple voice actors. I wonder if he did not play a trick like Tom and Huck and get some help.

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loved it

Elijah wood is my favorite and he did a great job. I loved listening to this book and will listen again.

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What an awesome adventure!

This was a great adventure to listen to. It almost makes me want to build a raft and float down the Mississippi. So fun!

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Classic in a New Way

Would you listen to Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood again? Why?

I would listen to this again for the pure entertainment of Mr. Wood's rendition.

Who was your favorite character and why?

I love Jim because of his simple wisdom. He was perfectly voiced and twanged by Elijah Wood.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I am astonished at how the *N* word sticks out. It just shows how the English language and people have changed in 100 years. I laughed a lot. Twain was quite an observer of peoples.

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What a great Glimpse!

What a great Glimpse, into the minds and hearts of people long ago in the gales of change.

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