-
Uncle Tom's Cabin
- Narrated by: Sean Crisden
- Length: 17 hrs and 48 mins
- Categories: History, Americas
Add to Cart failed.
Add to Wish List failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
Audible Premium Plus
$14.95 a month
Buy for $29.95
No default payment method selected.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Listeners also enjoyed...
-
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- An American Slave
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Raymond Hearn
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. It is a story that shocked the world with its first-hand account of the horrors of slavery. The book was an incredible success. It sold over 30,000 copies and was an international best seller.
-
-
Chilling. Necessary.
- By J.G. on 02-18-17
-
The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At once naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s, The Grapes of Wrath is perhaps the most American of American classics. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s, The Grapes of Wrath is also the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, who are forced to travel west to the promised land of California.
-
-
Wish I could give it 10 stars!
- By P. Minor on 07-18-14
By: John Steinbeck, and others
-
The Last of the Mohicans [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: James Fenimore Cooper
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's 1757. The fate of North America is in the hands of the French, the British, and the Native Americans. Each party weaves its warlike path in this tapestry of adventure. Meet Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingatchgook - each a stealthy iron-browed warrior of the mystifying forest. Discover the unscrupulous and sinister Magua, banished and determined to become the leader of his people.
-
-
Classic But Not Realistic View Of Native Americans
- By Wade Lancaster on 11-16-19
-
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Narrated by: Mia Ellis
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harriet Ann Jacob's autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom for herself and her children. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob's slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery. Deemed too shocking for reading audiences at the time, the book was shelved before it was published in 1861 near the start of the Civil War.
-
-
Captivating and Enlightening Accounts
- By Amazon Customer on 06-28-20
-
Don Quixote
- By: Miguel de Cervantes, Gerald J. Davis (translator)
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, a hidalgo who reads so many chivalric novels that he decides to set out to revive chivalry, under the name Don Quixote. This is the story that a Nobel Prize Committee survey of one hundred of the world's best writers named "the greatest book of all time."
-
-
A wonderful, magical listen
- By K on 12-01-13
By: Miguel de Cervantes, and others
-
To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
-
-
It's all about timing and time
- By Fletch on 08-02-14
By: Harper Lee
-
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
- An American Slave
- By: Frederick Douglass
- Narrated by: Raymond Hearn
- Length: 4 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This classic of American literature, a dramatic autobiography of the early life of an American slave, was first published in 1845, when its author had just achieved his freedom. It is a story that shocked the world with its first-hand account of the horrors of slavery. The book was an incredible success. It sold over 30,000 copies and was an international best seller.
-
-
Chilling. Necessary.
- By J.G. on 02-18-17
-
The Grapes of Wrath
- By: John Steinbeck, Robert DeMott
- Narrated by: Dylan Baker
- Length: 21 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
At once naturalistic epic, captivity narrative, road novel, and transcendental gospel, Steinbeck’s, The Grapes of Wrath is perhaps the most American of American classics. Although it follows the movement of thousands of men and women and the transformation of an entire nation during the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s, The Grapes of Wrath is also the story of one Oklahoma farm family, the Joads, who are forced to travel west to the promised land of California.
-
-
Wish I could give it 10 stars!
- By P. Minor on 07-18-14
By: John Steinbeck, and others
-
The Last of the Mohicans [Classic Tales Edition]
- By: James Fenimore Cooper
- Narrated by: B. J. Harrison
- Length: 16 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
It's 1757. The fate of North America is in the hands of the French, the British, and the Native Americans. Each party weaves its warlike path in this tapestry of adventure. Meet Hawkeye, Uncas, and Chingatchgook - each a stealthy iron-browed warrior of the mystifying forest. Discover the unscrupulous and sinister Magua, banished and determined to become the leader of his people.
-
-
Classic But Not Realistic View Of Native Americans
- By Wade Lancaster on 11-16-19
-
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
- By: Harriet Ann Jacobs
- Narrated by: Mia Ellis
- Length: 8 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harriet Ann Jacob's autobiography documents her life as a slave and how she attained freedom for herself and her children. Harrowing in its descriptions of sexual abuse, Jacob's slave narrative is notable for the appeal it made to abolitionist women to open their eyes to the realities of slavery. Deemed too shocking for reading audiences at the time, the book was shelved before it was published in 1861 near the start of the Civil War.
-
-
Captivating and Enlightening Accounts
- By Amazon Customer on 06-28-20
-
Don Quixote
- By: Miguel de Cervantes, Gerald J. Davis (translator)
- Narrated by: John Hanks
- Length: 20 hrs
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, follows the adventures of Alonso Quijano, a hidalgo who reads so many chivalric novels that he decides to set out to revive chivalry, under the name Don Quixote. This is the story that a Nobel Prize Committee survey of one hundred of the world's best writers named "the greatest book of all time."
-
-
A wonderful, magical listen
- By K on 12-01-13
By: Miguel de Cervantes, and others
-
To Kill a Mockingbird
- By: Harper Lee
- Narrated by: Sissy Spacek
- Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Harper Lee’s Pulitzer prize-winning masterwork of honor and injustice in the deep south - and the heroism of one man in the face of blind and violent hatred, available now for the first time as a digital audiobook. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than 40 languages, sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and was voted one of the best novels of the 20th century by librarians across the country.
-
-
It's all about timing and time
- By Fletch on 08-02-14
By: Harper Lee
-
White Like Me
- Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
- By: Tim Wise
- Narrated by: Tim Wise
- Length: 11 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
Using stories from his own life, Tim Wise demonstrates the ways in which racism not only burdens people of color, but also benefits, in relative terms, those who are "white like him". He discusses how racial privilege can harm whites in the long run and make progressive social change less likely. He explores the ways in which whites can challenge their unjust privileges, and explains in clear and convincing language why it is in the best interest of whites themselves to do so.
-
-
AMAZING!
- By Hope on 04-19-17
By: Tim Wise
-
War and Peace
- By: Leo Tolstoy
- Narrated by: Neville Jason
- Length: 5 hrs and 9 mins
- Abridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
War and Peace is one of the greatest monuments in world literature. Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, it examines the relationship between the individual and the relentless march of history. Here are the universal themes of love and hate, ambition and despair, youth and age, expressed with a swirling vitality which makes the story as accessible today as it was when it was first published in 1869.
-
-
ABRIDGED VERSION
- By Danielle on 06-10-19
By: Leo Tolstoy
-
10 Essential Pieces of Literature
- By: Khalil Gibran, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jack London, and others
- Narrated by: Matthew Taylor
- Length: 87 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This Audiobook contains the following works: "The prophet" [Khalil Gibran], "Treasure Island" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "White fang" [Jack London], "The Time machine" [H. G. Wells], "The Battle of Life" [Charles Dickens], "The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes" [Arthur Conan Doyle], "The Three Musketeers" [Alexandre Dumas], "The adventures of Pinocchio" [Carlo Collodi], "Robinson Crusoe" [Daniel Defoe], "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" [Mark Twain].
-
-
Table of content for who needs one ;-)
- By Mariusz Woznica on 06-13-19
By: Khalil Gibran, and others
-
The Scarlet Letter
- By: Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Narrated by: Kate Petrie
- Length: 6 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the most important novels in classic literature, Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter tackles the subject of adultery, with the notorious Hester Prynne at the forefront of the scandal in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. In the beginning of the novel, Hester is serving time in prison for having a child out of wedlock and is forced to wear a scarlet A on her clothing at all times, so she cannot run from her sin no matter where she goes.
-
-
Quite the take on sexual immorality
- By Brittany Stephanie on 09-20-17
-
The Old Man and the Sea
- By: Ernest Hemingway
- Narrated by: Donald Sutherland
- Length: 2 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway's most enduring works. Told in language of great simplicity and power, it is the story of an old Cuban fisherman, down on his luck, and his supreme ordeal, a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Here Hemingway recasts, in strikingly contemporary style, the classic theme of courage in the face of defeat, of personal triumph won from loss.
-
-
Truly a Classic
- By Dave on 07-01-08
By: Ernest Hemingway
-
Great Expectations
- By: Charles Dickens
- Narrated by: Simon Prebble
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
One of the most revered works in English literature, Great Expectations traces the coming of age of a young orphan, Pip, from a boy of shallow aspirations into a man of maturity. From the chilling opening confrontation with an escaped convict to the grand but eerily disheveled estate of bitter old Miss Havisham, all is not what it seems in Dickens’ dark tale of false illusions and thwarted desire.
-
-
Great Performance of a classic!
- By Steven on 08-18-13
By: Charles Dickens
-
Defining Moments in Black History
- Reading Between the Lies
- By: Dick Gregory
- Narrated by: James Shippy
- Length: 7 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
With his trademark acerbic wit, incisive humor, and infectious paranoia, one of our foremost comedians and most politically engaged civil rights activists looks back at 100 key events from the complicated history of black America. Defining Moments in Black History is an essential, no-holds-bar history lesson that will provoke, enlighten, and entertain.
-
-
How we see the world matters to how we tell storie
- By Adam Shields on 10-03-18
By: Dick Gregory
-
10 Essential Pieces of Literature 2
- By: Charles Dickens, Zane Grey, H.G. Wells, and others
- Narrated by: Matthew Taylor, Sam Ryan, Helen Leonard
- Length: 93 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
This Audiobook contains the following works: "The Island of Doctor Moreau" [H.G. Wells], "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" [Thomas Hardy], "The Call of Cthulhu" [H.P Lovecraft], "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" [Mark Twain], "The strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde" [Robert Louis Stevenson], "Crime and Punishment" [Fyodor Dostoyevsky], "Wuthering Heights" [Emily Brontë], "A Christmas Carol" [Charles Dickens], "The jungle book" [Rudyard Kipling], "The Border Legion" [Zane Grey].
-
-
Narraration killed it for me
- By India Brink on 05-01-20
By: Charles Dickens, and others
-
The World's Best Classic Short Stories
- By: O. Henry, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, and others
- Narrated by: Cathy Dobson
- Length: 20 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A glittering collection of some of the world's finest short stories.
-
-
I just can't listen to this narrator
- By Jennifer Greenberg on 09-04-16
By: O. Henry, and others
-
Trail of Tears
- The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation
- By: John Ehle
- Narrated by: John McDonough
- Length: 19 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail.
-
-
Hard to imagine
- By Amazon Customer on 12-04-17
By: John Ehle
-
The Souls of Black Folk
- By: W. E. B. Du Bois
- Narrated by: Mirron Willis
- Length: 8 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
“The problem of the twentieth century is the problem of the color line,” writes Du Bois, in one of the most prophetic works in all of American literature. First published in 1903, this collection of 15 essays dared to describe the racism that prevailed at that time in America—and to demand an end to it. Du Bois’ writing draws on his early experiences, from teaching in the hills of Tennessee, to the death of his infant son, to his historic break with the conciliatory position of Booker T. Washington.
-
-
Essays of 'life and love and strife and failure'
- By ESK on 02-08-13
By: W. E. B. Du Bois
-
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Signature Performance by Elijah Wood
- By: Mark Twain
- Narrated by: Elijah Wood
- Length: 10 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
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.
-
-
Masterful Narration
- By Michael Balzoa on 03-11-11
By: Mark Twain
Publisher's Summary
In this anti-slavery novel by the American author Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin is centered on the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering black slave around whom the stories of other characters - both fellow slaves and slave owners - revolve. This emotional novel portrays the reality of slavery while also stressing that Christian love can defeat something as damaging as enslavement of fellow human beings. Uncle Tom's Cabin was the best-selling book in the 19th century, and second best-selling following the Bible.
What listeners say about Uncle Tom's Cabin
Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Rainbow_Sloth
- 12-26-13
The Narrator's Performance is AMAZING!
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Yes, because the narrator was able to bring the book to life beautifully.
What did you like best about this story?
I enjoyed how Harriet Beecher Stowe showed a different side of slavery up-close and personally. She was able to allow the reader to connect with the characters and really get to know them on a deeper level.
What about Sean Crisden’s performance did you like?
Sean did an amazing job! He had a different voice for every character, which made it easy to tell who was speaking. The voices he was able to do were simply wonderful - he brought each and every character alive. The way he allowed each character to speak showed so much more depth about their personalities.
If you could take any character from Uncle Tom's Cabin out to dinner, who would it be and why?
Uncle Tom, because he has so many valuable and coveted positive character traits and is a truly good person. I would try to learn some life lessons from him.
Any additional comments?
I had to read this book for school, and Sean Crisden really helped me to get into the book. I'm not a huge "bookworm," so having the audio was great!
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Lannette
- 04-14-17
Superb! Best ever narration.
Fantastic all the way around. Can't believe this wasn't required reading in my school daze. Great story and I love the way it was written. Very glad I listened to it instead of trying to struggle through it phonetically. Definitely one to keep in the library! The narration is probably the best I've ever heard.
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Anthony
- 02-21-12
Amazing Story...Emotionally Stirring Performance..
What did you love best about Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This performance is unlike any other others. I was amazed by how the author, through the performers, described the characters, as if you actually knew them ... I empathized with them and experienced their lives. I enjoyed the multi-voice discourse among the characters. I loved the twists and turns of the story.
5 people found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- morganfaith
- 12-12-16
Great story!
Wow what a story! I got this because we are reading in English and I have to say I really enjoyed this! I bought the paper copy as well and I'm glad I did. I can see myself reading this for a second time. Very powerful story and you come to love the characters in it. The speaker of this audible did a very great job too with their being so many characters I knew each one by the voice. Well done!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- BonSue
- 06-16-16
A "Must Read"
This classic tale, which is often credited with helping to change America's views on slavery just before the Civil War, is gripping and becomes even more powerful when, at the end of the book, the author explains that she is speaking from experience and many of the characters in the book are based on real people who lived the horrors of slavery. Also, the narrator did an excellent job, which really brings the story to life.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Eric
- 03-19-13
Good Read for an almost forgotten classic
Have you listened to any of Sean Crisden’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
I thought he did a decent job at the voices of the different characters. Although, at times he sounded very "white", especially after talking like one of the slaves. ... who knows, maybe that was a purposeful literary device. :-)
Any additional comments?
I didn't realize until after I started listening to the book that it was the best selling novel of the 19th century. The story is good, although at times it can meander. I can see why this book would drive home the immorality of slavery, and become unpopular in the South (and probably in the North as well).
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- mountainmandy
- 09-19-20
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Being a Cincinnati native, I now understand why my mother talked about the many injustices of slavery, and how our home town of Cincinnati played a part in securing freedom from slavery. The images the author and narrator bestowed upon my mind as I listened, created such cruel treatment towards the poor black and mixed races. I think that 150 years later, in many ways, our world still has not offered the darker skinned people full freedom. Discrimination and prejudice still exists. So many generations have passed, but some chains of white ancestors passed prejudice down, so we need to continue fighting for all human rights. Great job and performance by the readers. Thank you all.
Amanda Dale Finley
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Amazon Customer
- 04-09-18
You are never to old to learn!!!
Incredible stories and wonderful and flawless narration. I recommend it to anyone who wants to have more perspective on life.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Erik TR Moore
- 01-03-18
Incredible
I laughed, my heart broke, and i hated. Strong feelings all. They teach how terrible slavery was, but do we really understand it? A powerful book, is recommend to anyone. Sean Crisden, did a wonderful job reading this book. With a powerful and then tender voice. There was no doubt who each character was. This is my 120+ book I've listen to. This is my first, written review. Thank you to the writer and reader and to those the book is about.
-
Overall
-
Performance
-
Story
- Aristobulus
- 12-09-17
Now one of my favorite books.
A moving story beautifully told with great emotional impact. Every American should read this book.
-
Overall

- Mr Henry
- 04-10-13
Good try - a heartbreaking and world-altering book
The narrator does his level best to bring the formidably large character list to life. With some (like Uncle Tom) he succeeds magnificently, giving the hero of the tale a suitably majestic and resonant timbre. With some of the other characters, he fails. But let's forgive him. This book was a world changer, helping to advance the abolitionist cause and with it, the eventual removal of that horrific stain on the American conscience, slavery.
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall

- Earl
- 06-05-11
The Narrater
With audio books as we know the narrater play a very big part in making a book come alive.
This book is 50/50, Sean Crisden has an unexciting voice when reading but his characters are great,
very lively.
1 person found this helpful