Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood
UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 12 mins)
By Mark Twain
Narrated By Elijah Wood
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Overall
(1546)
Performance
(1109)
Story
(1085)
A Signature Performance: Elijah Wood becomes the first narrator to bring a youthful voice and energy to the story, perhaps making it the closest interpretation to Twain’s original intent.
James says:
"Worthy "signature" premiere"
The Best Short Stories of Mark Twain
UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 1 min)
By Mark Twain
Narrated By Robin Field
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Overall
(49)
Performance
(22)
Story
(22)
These stories display Twain's place in American letters as a master writer in the authentic native idiom. He was exuberant and irreverent, but underlying the humor was a vigorous desire for social justice and a pervasive equalitarian attitude.
Tad Davis says:
"Great but incomplete"
A Journey to the Center of the Earth
UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 14 mins)
By Jules Verne
Narrated By Norman Dietz
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Overall
(100)
Performance
(18)
Story
(20)
When geologist Otto Lidenbrock discovers an ancient manuscript describing a passageway to the center of the Earth, he prepares a subterranean expedition, and descends into an extinct volcano in Iceland. The explorers discover an amazing underground world, but will they ever return?
Darwin8u says:
"It is HARD to grade Verne"
Sherlock Holmes: A Baker Street Dozen (Dramatized)
ORIGINAL (5 hrs and 18 mins)
By Arthur Conan Doyle
Narrated By John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson, Orson Welles
Overall
(203)
Performance
(66)
Story
(66)
Here are 12 acclaimed, exciting, fully dramatized performances of Conan Doyle classics. It's elementary that any Conan Doyle fan will want this splendid set of Sherlock Holmes mysteries, 12 timeless tales performed as radio theater and linked by violin-music interludes.
Robert says:
"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would be proud"
Heidi
UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 33 mins)
By Johanna Spyri
Narrated By Marnie MacAdam
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Overall
(12)
Performance
(8)
Story
(9)
Heidi is sent to live with her embittered grandfather high in the Swiss Alps. Heidi's innocent joy of life and genuine concern and love for all living things become the old man's salvation. From the goat - herder Peter and his family to the sickly girl Clara and her desperate father, Heidi's special charm enriches everyone she meets. Unselfish to the core, Heidi's goodness overcomes all obstacles - even those seemingly insurmountable.
Sherrie Dunford says:
"I Waited Too Long to Read This"
The Call of the Wild
UNABRIDGED (3 hrs and 4 mins)
By Jack London
Narrated By Mike Boris
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Overall
(120)
Performance
(89)
Story
(89)
Jack London's masterpiece, tells the gripping tale of a dog named Buck who is wrenched out of his life of ease and luxury to become a sled dog in Alaska. Drawing on his wolf heritage, Buck must fight for survival in an alien environment.
Duane says:
"A Heart warming story.."
Publisher's Summary
Huckleberry Finn may be the greater book, but Tom Sawyer has always been more widely read. Moreover, it is a book that can be enjoyed equally by both children and adults. Twain, who called it a "hymn" to boyhood.
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