The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Patrick Fraley

Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins

Publisher's summary

The idealized childhood of this fictional hero, based on Mark Twain's own early life along the banks of the Mississippi, is filled with robust good humor and high-spirited adventures. Yet there is also an in-depth experience of the central South of the 1840s—its dialects, superstitions, and social values. While romping through fun-filled fantasy, Tom Sawyer shows how morally complicated real life can be. In his unabridged reading of the American classic, actor Patrick Fraley crafts 36 authentic "voices" to represent the wide range of Twain's delightful characters.

Public Domain (P)1995 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Great storyline + presentation!

Loved it. It was very interesting and addicting at the same time. Great book.

Childhood Revisited

When I was young this book had a profound influence on me. It was such a pleasure to rediscover this almost 20 years later, and remember the times when I tried to recreate all of Tom's adventures.
The narrator was stellar. Such a terrific job, and he captured the humour so well. I laughed out loud at his acting when the boys got sick from the pipes. Thank you for this beautiful reading.

Loved it!

I love the story. Skilfully narrated is even more enjoyable. I definitely recommend the audible version.

revisit this great book

Any additional comments?

Many years after reading both this and Huckleberry Finn, I decided to revisit them by listening. The writing, combined with this reader, is alive and fresh. It is wonderful story of how we come to respect & love other human beings ...interwoven with some great rascals, Kings and Dukes ...be sure to get Huckleberry Finn too....such a great end.

Great story and narator

Where does The Adventures of Tom Sawyer rank among all the audiobooks you???ve listened to so far?

It is deservedly a classic, great story well read. Among my favorites and one I would look forward to listening to again.

What does Patrick Fraley bring to the story that you wouldn???t experience if you just read the book?

Good character differentiations, good emotion.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I could

A wonderful story with a wonderful narrator

Patrick Fraley narrates this wonderful book with sensitivity, humor and depth — picking up on Twain’s nuanced narrative and fixing the listener a rip-roaring good time. Many of us read this book in high school, but listening to it all these years later is an enriching and delightful experience. Please note that this narrator is world’s above those of other (free) audible versions, which I returned, unable to keep a focus on the story or characters because of the poor quality of acting/narration. Enjoy this version — which also includes a musical comment at the end of most
chapters.

A story my 9-year-old keeps returning to

One reason I got an Audible membership is to purchase titles that I can let my homeschooled children listen to -- great, classic literature especially. Of course, Tom Sawyer is an example of great American literature, and I don't have time to read it to my kids (oldest of whom are 9 and nearly 7). I will confess at this point that I haven't listened to the entire Tom Sawyer story -- yet. I am working my way through the excellent read. But I'm already giving this story a 5 star rating because of how it captivated my two kids, especially my 9-year-old boy. My son keeps playing and replaying the story because he enjoys it so much! I'm thrilled that he's immersing himself in some fun, well-written literature, and he's enjoying himself listening to the exploits of a boy probably not much different than he is, except my son is growing up in 21st century America. The story narrator is absolutely wonderful. I've found myself listening and re-listening to some of the story's early selections just because the narrator does a masterful job of both narrating the story and casting unique voices and personalities onto the story's characters. I marveled that another reviewer gave Tom Sawyer a 1-star rating saying his family couldn't bear to listen beyond the first two hours. I'm experiencing quite the opposite reaction in my own household. If you have children -- and even if you don't -- I think you'll most likely enjoy this story very much.

Outstanding Reading of a Classic

If you are an adult like me, it's been a while since Tom Sawyer was on my required reading list. When my 12 year old was assigned the book as summer reading, I thought it might be fun, helpful and different to find an audio version to listen to as he followed the text, and then I could listen to it as well in the car as I drove to and from work. What I found was that Patrick Fraley's dead-on voice characterizations of Tom, Huck, Aunt Polly and especially Injun Joe made this work come alive for both of us. The book is as funny as it must have been when it was published, and the creative reading by Fraley adds immensely to the overall understanding and entertainment value of this classic. An added benefit was the fact that the reading helped my 12 year old get through the Southern dialect which would be otherwise difficult reading. What a gem of an audio work!

Great Narration

This book is a classic and Mart Twain was a great writer. The narration in this is FANTASTIC! Patrick Fraley does a great job of reading this and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This is one of the best audio books I have heard.

Such a great tale!

This book caught my heart and held my attention from the first word. Wonderfully narrated by Patrick Fraley, his multi-personalitied voice captured each character wonderfully. His impressions of young girls reading poetry had me in riots of tears on my long trips home as I commute from work. I looked forward to the traffic days and almost felt deprived on the days the commute was smooth. Download this book. It is a story that will stay in your heart.