Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

De: Mark Twain

Narrado por: B. J. Harrison

Huckleberry Finn is the original American maverick. He chooses the things that feel the most comfortable for him, regardless of what others may say. But when he is forced to flee his home, and comes into company with Jim, a runaway slave, his sound heart collides with his ill-trained conscience. Together, Huck and Jim journey down the Mississippi River, on an odyssey that has become one of the finest American Classics in the world of literature. This timeless novel is performed by award-winning Classic Tales narrator B.J. Harrison. It is an event you won't want to miss.

Public Domain (P)2009 B.J. Harrison

What to do?

I want my children to read or listen to the classics. Huckleberry Finn is definitely a classic and it really shows the lives of the people in the South before the Civil War. The prejudice towards the black men and women is unbelievable. Even Huck is prejudice. I'm okay with my kids hearing this because I can teach them about history and that is really how people looked at other people just because of the color of their skin and why we don't want to do that. However the "N" word is a very prominent word in this book. You don't just hear it once in a while. I had it pop into my mind several times as a new part of my thinking vocabulary (for lack of a better term for it). It was never part of it before and I don't like that hateful word at all. I wish we could hear the story without such a hateful word popping up every page or so. But it is Mark Twain's work and really is a part of our past, like it or not. What do we do? Is there anything that can be done without making it an abridged version? The Narrator is fantastic! I even went looking for other books read by him.

Excellent narration

Harrison performs each voice uniquely. It’s impressive and entertaining. While Twain makes a dent in racism by showing Jim’s integrity, he also shows how deeply embedded it is even with people who care about him.

Excellent reading

Excellent reading of varied and challenging dialects. Story has parts that make you laugh out-loud, but some of the purposefully-nonsensical actions of the characters begin to feel long-winded by the end.

Still A Classic

This was one of my favorite books when I was a kid and since folks decided to ban it, I decided to read it again. It is a fascinating story.

There isn't much good in Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer except for their adventurous spirit. Twain does an excellent job in bringing that out.

The narration was excellent. I actually switched to this version back in about Chapter 4. I couldn't take anymore of the version I had initially begun with. This narrator did a great job with the characters and was very easy to listen to.

fantastic storytelling and narration.

a great story from beginning to the very end. a book of optimism, trust, friendship and duty with a comedic twist.