• 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 (14,012 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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Phenomenal Performance of a Fabulous Classic

Mark Twain's satiric commentary on slave ownership was just as good reading it the second time around as it was reading it in high school. Elijah Wood was the perfect narrator.

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Fantastic

I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and Elijah Wood’s narration was wonderful. I highly recommend this one!

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One of the best stories of all time.

Great narrator, makes the story and its characters come alive. Can listen to it again and again.

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I loved this book. It was done well

I loved this book. it kept me intrigued. Elijah Wood did well, and his accents were on point. it was worth the time to listen and I felt like I was there.

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Elijah Wood

That was an amazing narration. I wish Frodo would do more books. Mark Twains pithy writing style always entertaining.

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Brilliant read!

One of the best audibles I’ve heard. The reader made the book come alive. Just reading the dialog, one misses so very much. This was a real treat to rediscover an American classic. Thank you!

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I enjoy Mark Twain.

I enjoyed this book. A childhood favorite of mine! Brings back so many memories.

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Amazing river adventure!

The story was very entertaining. The end was surprising and satisfying.
Tom Sawyer reminds me of Calvin (and Hobbes)

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Adventures of Frodo Baggins

I struggled to read the novel in print because of the vernacular spelling Twain uses for regional dialects. It was so much easier to follow the story as an audiobook.

Elijah Wood did a fantastic job narrating this American classic. I didn't know he'd actually played Huck Finn in the 90's Disney film, but it explains why his narration for the character feels so right.

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Hilarious and fun

My boys and I loved it!! Elijah Wood is brilliant! Would recommend this version everytime!

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