• 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 (13,981 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.

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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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a timeless story

a great story that really shows its age well and reminds us of the important changes our society has undergone.

obliged- hard i, buddy. hard I.

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NAILED IT

Elijah Wood does an unbelievably fantastic job reading one of the most ridiculously good books ever written. Stop looking, just buy it.

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Superb!

Excellent production! This is the best audible book I have ever heard. Elijah Woods' reading is first rate. I highly recommend it!

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Great Story

Elijah Wood did a terrific job narrating this book. Mark Twain sure knows how to write.

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Boyhood

Maybe I’m a narcissist—I don’t think so- however my favorite novels always seem to be those that somehow mirror my life snd give me cause for reflection. For example, Lawrence Durrell’s Justine, provided me a great understanding of love. Maybe each generation is fortunate in their own way, but for me boyhood was small towns in Idaho, Wallace and Utah, Moab and summers on the family’s farm in Western Montana, Victor. I was born in 1946 and My boyhood was focused on what we called “play.” We had few responsibilities except as my Mother would say as she turned us loose each morning “have fun, don’t get in trouble and don’t get hurt,”. Can you imagine a small gang of boys five years old running through the woods, riding bikes, hunting lizards, with no time outs, no adults no preschool. We were all Toms and Hucks. Some in the moment like Huck and others like Tom always planning. It was always exciting, we were as they say in a perpetual zone…always in trouble with its twin don’t get caught. Some say surprise is the greatest tool for learning, when you turn a corner and are struck in awe. I’ve always believed from experience that this is an essential truth. Last night listening to Huck was such a joy—the out of bounds world of boyhood. I would fall asleep catch Huck ten chapters later listen and fall asleep again with a smile. I’m still smiling this morning. We sometimes marginalize childhood and boyhood and girlhood if we do this it is our loss. Twain knew this just as he fought American Imperialism and at the same time as a publisher championed President Grant’s writings as he was dying of cancer. Twain was never superficial. Thanks again Samuel Clemens for putting us in the moment and in our moments.

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Excellent!

I have never liked the use of the "n"word, however, the story has always been a great one. Elijah Wood did an excellent job narrating and made the listen so enjoyable.

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Great story with the best reading.

One of my favorite childhood books. The reader does an excellent job making you feel you are there.

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great narration

it has been since childhood 40+ years since this book was in my hands,.
Thank you for offering this classic by narration

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hit download now.

The narrator has great character voices, his tones and tempo were perfect. Quit reading reviews and hit download.

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Great narration on a classic

Elijah wood does an incredible job. Really adds a whole other dimension to the story.

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