The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Matt Armstrong

Length: 8 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's Summary

Mark Twain's engaging novel about Tom Sawyer, a young, mischievous boy with a nose for trouble and a heart of gold. One of the most enduring American novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a jaunty, free-wheeling story that exemplifies the life of a young boy on the frontier in the mid 1800s.

Public Domain (P)2009 Open Book Audio LLC

Entertaining Classic

I decided to give one of the great American classics a try and I wasn't disappointed however I did expect more depth and substance. Overall it is an enjoyable boyhood story with a slow beginning, but the 2nd half picks up the pace and is worth the wait. The narrator does a solid job and I have no complaints about his performance. I would recommend this book to others, and I intend to follow up with Huck Finns book too.

Tom Sawyer

Would you consider the audio edition of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer to be better than the print version?

Equal. It was fun to hear the book read well with various characters sounding different

What did you like best about this story?

It represented what life was like for an energetic, imaginative kid at that time

What does Matt Armstrong bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Accents and different voices.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Not really. I enjoyed the whole thing.

An old favorite !

The old great story ... good to hear again .... We have probably all read this when we were younger and it is really nice to listen to it performed and relive it all again

Good performance for a Classic Book

Would you listen to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer again? Why?

Yes. I like listening and re-listening to classic books to pick up on nuances missed before.

What did you like best about this story?

It's a classic.

Which character – as performed by Matt Armstrong – was your favorite?

Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Some scenes make you laugh.

Great Story

This is a great story about a boy whose coming of age and discovering who he is and what he want's to be. Here we meet Tom Sawyer for the first time. He gets into trouble and begins to grow up. The narrator is okay. Elijah Wood who brought Huck Fynn to life would have been much better. In all this a great story to read and listen too.

Exellent Classic

Excellent narration that did an awesome job switching from character to character. I highly recommend listening to this book

Great

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It was a good book

The book was god and it had an AMAZING narrator and it was just a good book

Great Story - Narrator way too slow!

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

I had to speed up the rate at which this book was read, the narrator was painfully slow

What didn’t you like about Matt Armstrong’s performance?

Very slow and uncharacteristic of the story's youthful content

Good

Great classic. However Adventures of Hucklebury Finn much more enjoyable. Matt Armstrong's narration for that outstanding. His narration here not as good - a bit slow and deliberate + the most annoying attempt at a Welsh accent from Ulster via Edinburgh.....