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Pudd'nhead Wilson
- Narrated by: Bobbie Frohman
- Length: 5 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-03-10
- Language: English
- Publisher: Alcazar AudioWorks
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $6.29
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Publisher's Summary
Another of Mark Twain's best-selling yarns of skullduggery and mischief. Set in the deep South, Pudd'nhead Wilson is the central character as an attorney who solves a murder mystery and lays bare the wicked deeds of a larger than life ensemble of personalities in his own wry and peculiar way.
David Wilson is called “Pudd’nhead” by the townspeople, who fail to understand his combination of wisdom and eccentricity. He redeems himself by simultaneously solving a murder mystery and a case of transposed identities.
Two children, a white boy and a mulatto, are born on the same day. Roxy, mother of the mulatto, is given charge of the children; in fear that her son will be sold, she exchanges the babies.
The mulatto, though he grows up as a white boy, turns out to be a scoundrel. He sells his mother and murders and robs his uncle. He accuses Luigi, one of a pair of twins, of the murder. Pudd’nhead, a lawyer, undertakes Luigi’s defense. On the basis of fingerprint evidence, he exposes the real murderer, and the white boy takes his rightful place.
The book implicitly condemns a society that allows slavery. It concludes with a series of witty aphorisms from Pudd’nhead’s calendar.
Table of Contents:
A Whisper to the Reader
Chapter 01 Pudd'nhead Wins His Name
Chapter 02 Driscoll Spares His Slaves
Chapter 03 Roxy Plays a Shrewd Trick
Chapter 04 The Ways of the Changelings
Chapter 05 The Twins Thrill Dawson's Landing
Chapter 06 Swimming in Glory
Chapter 07 The Unknown Nymph
Chapter 08 Marse Tom Tramples His Chance
Chapter 09 Tom Practices Sycophancy
Chapter 10 The Nymph Revealed
Chapter 11 Pudd'nhead's Thrilling Discovery
Chapter 12 The Shame of Judge Driscoll
Chapter 13 Tom Stares at Ruin
Chapter 14 Roxana Insists Upon Reform
Chapter 15 The Robber Robbed
Chapter 16 Sold Down the River
Chapter 17 The Judge Utters Dire Prophesy
Chapter 18 Roxana Commands
Chapter 19 The Prophesy Realized
Chapter 20 The Murderer Chuckles
Chapter 21 Doom
Conclusion
Author's Note to Those Extraordinary Twins
What members say
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- Janine
- 05-24-16
Terrible overacting by the narrators
I love Twain, but I could not get through a full chapter of this. The narrators were very hard to follow as they thought they were channeling Scout Finch, except for the overacting. I was not allowed to visualize the story in my mind, as it took all my effort just to understand what was being read.
The book may be terrific, but I won't know now.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- David
- United States
- 03-23-13
completely overread
Would you be willing to try another one of Bobbie Frohman’s performances?
no
Any additional comments?
the southern accents were so drippy and wet that it was very difficult to understand what was being said.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- lisa
- Indianapolis, India
- 01-01-13
The "dramatazation" of this book is terrible
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Maybe but read it don't listen t to it.
What other book might you compare Pudd'nhead Wilson to and why?
Mark Twain & Huck Finn
What didn’t you like about Bobbie Frohman’s performance?
The main narrator with a fake accent was bad enough but the dialogue was "dramatized" with fake accents that came and went in the middle of sentences.
Was Pudd'nhead Wilson worth the listening time?
It is a good story but read it or maybe try a different narrator.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Holly
- 05-02-18
Twain is a Master!
How can You begin to review Twain? He lived and is buried in my Hometown of Elmira, NY. He was an Amazing Master of Tongue and Cheek Humor... and yet, everything, including this, Has lessons to be learned. Extremely well written... :-)
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-21-18
Brilliance
Brilliant story. I loved how the story was told by the author and read by the reader. Great ending.
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- Emily Richards
- 08-16-16
good, interesting story, readers overacted
I enjoyed the story, enough to sit through and make myself get over the actors portrayals. serious over acting.
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- Angela
- 04-15-17
Systematic Racism
Chilling yet humorous. Twain really knows how to make a reader uncomfortable with thoughts of American history.
0 of 1 people found this review helpful