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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Written by Mark Twain

    Narrated by Garrick Hagon

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    Floating down the Mississippi on their raft, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a runaway slave, find life filled with excitement and the spirit of adventure. Join Huck and Jim and their old friend Tom Sawyer as they come up against low-down thieves and murderers, whilst being chased by Huck’s evil, drunken father who is after Huck’s treasure. It is a trip that you will never tire of.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNaxos Audiobooks
    Release dateOct 9, 1995
    ISBN9789629544355
    Author

    Mark Twain

    Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born in Missouri in 1835, the son of a lawyer. Early in his childhood, the family moved to Hannibal, Missouri – a town which would provide the inspiration for St Petersburg in Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. After a period spent as a travelling printer, Clemens became a river pilot on the Mississippi: a time he would look back upon as his happiest. When he turned to writing in his thirties, he adopted the pseudonym Mark Twain ('Mark Twain' is the cry of a Mississippi boatman taking depth measurements, and means 'two fathoms'), and a number of highly successful publications followed, including The Prince and the Pauper (1882), Huckleberry Finn (1884) and A Connecticut Yankee (1889). His later life, however, was marked by personal tragedy and sadness, as well as financial difficulty. In 1894, several businesses in which he had invested failed, and he was declared bankrupt. Over the next fifteen years – during which he managed to regain some measure of financial independence – he saw the deaths of two of his beloved daughters, and his wife. Increasingly bitter and depressed, Twain died in 1910, aged seventy-five.

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    • 4/5
      The actor Elijah Wood nails the voice of Huck Finn as a good actor does.
    • 4/5
      I liked it much better the second time. Mark Twain has an amazing writing style. Definitely recommend.
    • 3/5
      Part 9: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn review The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Review: The book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is an ok book in my opinion. The reason I thought it was ok was because it was confusing for me and hard to follow through with, not to mention Jim's Southern accent. It's not the best book I have read but has a pretty good moral and sure is a classic written by a very well known author, Mark Twain. This book is also very well known all over and is required literature. The story is about Huck Finn, a boy who has an abusive drunk “pap” that doesn’t give a care about Huck. He is in search of some sort of adventure and freedom away from his dad. Huck eventually escapes, finds a canoe and sails down the Mississippi River. He wanted to escape all that everyone enforced upon him. Jim (Miss Watson’s slave, Miss Watson is Huck’s adoptive guardian) and Huck come across eachother, they both spend time adventuring and going down the Mississippi. This is something I enjoyed about the book, Huck and Jim having time together and putting their differences aside to move on and have a great adventure. During their long journey, Jim and Huck have many talks and get to know eachother very well. They eventually become the best of friends. This shows that you can become friends with those who you least would expect to be friends with. Their differences bring them together for the best. Huck and Jim has some run-ins with many and have many ups and downs. Even when the worst comes, they both have eachother and meet some others along the way of their adventureous journey along the Mississippi River. I Give this book about a 3 out of 5 star rating. Mark Twain did a good job though of giving in full detail of what life was like before and how slaves like Jim were usually treated. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a classic piece of American literature stating Mark Twain’s humorous and factual thinking.
    • 5/5
      Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an iconic American story about Huck's journey down the Mississippi River. Huck is a rascal with a heart of gold, and his story is filled with mischief and excitement. The Adventures of Huck Finn is of the most clever and beloved American novels, with one the most clever and beloved character ever.
    • 3/5
      If you haven’t read the book and want to, then I wouldn’t read this. However, if you are never going to get through the book and want to sound somewhat informed, then by all means read on!Huck finds himself miserable under the adoptive care of Widow Douglas and her sister. When all signs begin pointing to a return of Huck’s father, Huck sells his $6000 (see Adventures of Tom Sawyer) to Judge Thatcher for a dollar, which is soon drunk up by Pap who drags Huck away from his “soft” life. Ever resourceful, Huck arranges the scene of his own murder to escape from Pap’s beatings- and promptly runs into Big Jim, a runaway slave of Widow Douglas’.Huck and Big Jim have a mostly pleasant time floating on the river on a raft, until they miss the stop that would allow Jim to escape to freedom. Things go downhill after that as Huck and Jim are joined by a couple of shyster conmen who mistake the runaways for a couple of fools. The four are able to run several successful scams until a particularly daring one goes too far. Jim ends up in captivity on a small plantation, and Huck evades the conmen in order to set out and rescue Jim.At the plantation, Huck finds himself in over his head as the family mistakes him for a visiting relative. Everything seems to turn around though as Huck discovers that the family has mistaken him for none other than Tom Sawyer- until Tom himself shows up. With Tom and Huck under the same roof they turn the house upside down as the boys set up an elaborate plan to set Jim free. I am not a huge Mark Twain fan, and I’ve tried for years to get through this book. If it wasn’t for my book club, it would still be sitting on my shelf in the “partially read” category. All that said I did enjoy the book more than I thought I would. Twain is very gifted at revealing the motives and intentions that drive people’s lives, and this talent is in full display throughout the book. Personally I feel that it wouldn’t be such a big deal today if it hadn’t been banned, but that is just my opinion. Overall, an interesting read.
    • 2/5
      I still dont understand why everybody, especially my English teachers, are so in love with this book. I'll go a step further: I don't think it's all that offensive, either. Yes, there is some strong language, but that's reflective of the atmosphere in which the story takes place. I never cared about what happened to Huck because to me he is very unrelatable and unlikable. It deserves a place on the Classic Books of America shelf, but that doesnt mean it's endearing to the hearts of readers.
    • 3/5
      Great book except for the last third where Tom Sawyer came back into the plot. For me the best of the book ended in Chapter 31 with Huck's final maturing:I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself:"All right, then, I'll GO to hell" — and tore it up.It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about reforming. I shoved the whole thing out of my head, and said I would take up wickedness again, which was in my line, being brung up to it, and the other warn't. And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if I could think up anything worse, I would do that, too; because as long as I was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog.
    • 5/5
      Superb, fun, and it does have a plot.
    • 4/5
      I first happened on this book when my older brother was reading it for school. He hated it, so I stole it to read. I loved the story although I was too young to get any of the major themes/symbolisms. Later, when I was in high school, we read it for class, but didn't spend much time on it, which was a shame. - I read it again in college for an American Lit class and found so many things that I had missed before. It's a fast read that I can pick up when I just need something to read, but not to get too involved in.
    • 5/5
      I read Huck Finn years ago, when I was a boy, and finally got around to rereading it now that I'm a bit older and wiser. I never really enjoyed it much as a young'un, but now I think it's just great. What more can I say? It's funny, engaging and makes one question the status quo. We put it on our shelf in an attempt to get a nice library of children's books, but I'm keeping it there for my own entertainment.--J.
    • 2/5
      This story is agout two men. Their circumstance is similar. The boy , Huck is poor and run away from his house to escape from hi father. And he encounter a man who has similar situation.They try to live each other, but living is not easy.I think it is like brave story. I wish they will be happy.
    • 5/5
      Took me a while to chew through this one... its longer than I remembered from high school! I'm glad I read it again, however, and am looking forward to the next title in my classics challenge!
    • 4/5
      Good story, although sometimes it gets repetitive and Huck's language is sometimes hard to read.
    • 5/5
      No book like it on the planet. I've read this book about six times so far, beginning long ago in middle school, and it still has the power to captivate me. Funny and timeless, no other book so brilliantly captures the late 1800s in America.
    • 5/5
      I have always enjoyed the humor of Mark Twain but have only read two of his novels.I had started this book a few times but never got interested in it and put it down. This time I started by listening to an audio version and finished it by going back and forth between audio and print.I enjoyed the book very much. It was originally an adventure story for young adults and now it is a classic of American historical fiction showing warts and all what this country was like.Reading the book helped me to appreciate how important the Mississippi River was in shaping the lives of millions of Americans since that area was settled. The river is a focal point for the action in the book and the lives of the characters in the book are intertwined together around the river. For me one of the most pleasant scenes in the book was Huck and Jim on the raft floating down the river at night looking up at the stars.The characters in the book are a cross sample of the people who lived beside and traveled on the river in that time period. Miss Watson, Aunt Polly and the Judge are examples of upright solid citizens and on the other end of the spectrum are Huck's Pap and the King and the Duke. Huckleberry Finn was my favorite character. Huck seemed pretty smart, a good friend, mostly honest and always trying to do the right thing if he could. The more I read about him the more complex and likable I found him.I don't think that Tom Sawyer holds a candle to Huck. Tom is well meaning but he gets real silly at times and everything in his world seems all about him and his crazy ideas.The author does an excellent job of making the reader a participant in Huck's adventures. The writing is clear and concise and the varied dialects add spice to the story. The main story is about Huck and Jim running away from Huck's Pap and Miss Watson. As this is proceeding there are various sidetracks that keep the story moving well. I was never sure how things would work out until the end but I always had a feeling from the author's tone in telling the story that all of the dangers would be overcome. The last adventure which is a Tom Sawyer special is a real hoot that gets funnier the more I think about it.Jim was portrayed as a good person but his character, the fact that he was a slave and always referred to as a nigger brought out the ugliness of racism in America. Jim was very childlike in his speech and his thoughts. An important aspect of American racism was that African-Americans didn't have the abilities of whites and needed to be taken care of. I grew up in an era when the word nigger was still used and I had to teach myself not to use it. Even when I hear it used by black people it is a derogatory term with offensive connotations. The worst part is that I cannot say that the author goes out of his way to be offensive or that his portrayal is not accurate. That is the way things were and I sometimes wonder if all the death and destruction of the Civil War wasn't the price that was paid for the shame of it all.All seriousness aside I thought this was a really good book and one I would consider to have the necessary attributes of a classic. There was adventure, joy, suspense and a happy ending. I look forward to reading some more of Mr. Twain's novels and reading this book again.
    • 5/5
      I've read this several times, most recently, I think, to my son when he was about 4 years old (really!) I don't really know what The Great American Novel is, but I think if someone from another country or universe were to read only one American novel, this would be it. Excuse me, I got to light out for the territory now.
    • 5/5
      I always liked Huck more than Tom. Tom always struck me as something of a brat, while I sort of identified with Huck, and his lack of parental security and support. I was rooting for him, and his scrappy can-do ways.
    • 4/5
      It's always daunting, isn't it, to review a classic that so many people have read?We discussed Huck Finn in my American Lit class this semester, and overall there really was quite a bit to discuss, despite the story being a very well-known one (at least to me). There is more to this book than than a simple story of a boy and a man floating down the river in a raft.What I loved about this reading of Huck Finn is that we were also to read Toni Morrison's Introduction to it. It was through this Introduction that I was able to see the story in a completely new light - and to understand just what was so "wonderfully troubling" about it.Morrison talks a lot about silence in the book - the silence in those moments of floating down the river, the silence with regard to learning much of anything about Jim's family, the silence with which Huck treats his friendship with Tom. Then there's the silence of Jim toward Huck - why did he fail to disclose who that man was under the cloth? This is an extraordinarily troubling book, but yes.. a wonderful one as well. It's enlightening - it shows how hard the struggle was to accept the idea that a human is a human, no matter his or her skin color. It's educational, it reminds us of where we've come from in an effort to remind us of where we should not return. It's captured history through the dialect of Jim. It's a look at two individuals escaping slavery - Jim the actual slavery, and Huck, escaping abuse at the hand of his father.I always recommend these books. Tom Sawyer is more suited to younger audiences (although I personally find Tom to be a scoundrel), but Huck Finn is a must read for teenagers and adults.
    • 5/5
      In my opinion, the great American novel.
    • 5/5
      Another literary classic. a must read
    • 4/5
      I had previously only read this novel in a translated version (Norwegian), and after reading it in "proper English" I am quite amazed about what gets lost in translation... Among the major strengths of this adventure tale is its language, which, I must admit, also made it quite strenuous to read at times. I often had to read out loud various passages in order to understand them. In retrospect, just for this very reason, this might have been a good book to listen to on tape to fully appreciate the proper pronounciations. This classic coming-of-age story is quite good, and the characters stay with you long after the book is finished. I especially enjoyed all the delightful superstitions that Twain weaves into his characters - among the black folks as well as the white. Also, the tender relationship between Huck and Jim is delightful reading. As a sidenote, the version I was reading did not have a map and I quickly came to miss the ability to visualize the locations that were described along the Mississippi. I eventually found a different copy of the book (an abridged version, nonetheless - ugh!) which had a map that clearly showed all the action. Afterwards, I had a much better appreciation for the geographical nuances... I am glad this is a required high school text - its themes are still highly relevant, and it has the potential to start great debates about race relations - then as well as now. I almost wish that I could have read it as part of a class. This is the kind of literature (kind of like Shakespeare) that I would be able to appreciate even more if I could pause at regular intervals with some class-room discussion. However, even if you are battling it alone, it is well worth the effort. Recommended!
    • 5/5
      The story of a young boy and an escaped slave down the Mississippi on a raft. In each chapter the hero meets an archtypal character of the American landscape. Been said American Literature started and ended with Huckleberry Finn. I'll agree it started here.
    • 5/5
      Mark Twain wears well, I think. I first read Huck Finn in college, which I think is the appropriate place for its introduction -- not grade school, as seems to be the norm. You need to be able to apply historical context to the story, to grasp Twain's sense of irony and satire, as well as his political motivations. You also need patience, as there is dialect and regionalisms in this book. It was a first in that regard. I recently acquired a copy for my library, and I started reading it again while my toddler played outside on a sunny afternoon. It wasn't long before I was swept away into Huck Finn's world. Twain has a gift for telling a good story while doing a lot more at the same time. His famous introduction cautions against finding a motive, moral or plot in this story, but how can you help it?
    • 5/5
      Fantastic... a struggle to get started with but incredibly rewarding. Twain's word play, sarcasm, and general demeanor are invigorating. Can finally check this off the books I lied about reading in high school... ;)
    • 1/5
      Argh. Classic. I don't think so. It was horrible, just... I know that I'm supposed to see it as some great book that changed whatever, blah, blah, blah, but I just can't stand it. I didn't mind the Tom Sawyer book, but this one, every time I had to read it in school (more than once, including in eighth grade) I just wanted to scream hated it so much. Give me the Sound and the Fury over this.
    • 4/5
      This is a very good production of Huck Finn's adventures. They say Mark Twain was a great story teller, and I think you get a feel for that from this audio book. Because of the written dialects, this may be the best way for new readers to discovery Twain. There is an error in it, chapter 12 starts over with chapter 10, but it's not too long and then goes on from there. Tom Parker does an excelent job of bringing the many characters to life. I'd definately listen to anything he does. I purchased the this audio book from audible.com wich I really love.
    • 1/5
      I would like to like Mark Twain, but for some reason I don't. I had to read this in 10th grade English and at one point I read several pages and then realized that I hadn't paid attention to it at all. And that was the part about pig's blood and faking a death, or something like that. I still don't know.
    • 4/5
      Huckleberry Finn has been taken in by Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson, who intend to teach him religion and proper manners. Huck soon sets off on an adventure to help the widow's slave, Jim, escape up the Mississippi to the free states. Huck tell's his own story, the book is able to tell the painful contradiction of racism and segregation in a "free" and "equal" society.
    • 4/5
      Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is an American classic, famous for its use of the local vernacular, which in this case is from the Midwest Mississippi river valley during the 1830's and 40's. This includes the controversial use of racial slurs, commonly heard as a part of the daily conversation of the time. This novel is also a window into a slice of American frontier living which no longer exists, and had mostly disappeared when Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in 1885.Huck and Jim's adventures are the most engaging at the beginning and end of the novel. I feel the middle loses focus somewhat as Huck Finn becomes more of a secondary player as he crosses paths in the lives of other characters.If you find the dialogued difficult to read, then I recommend listening to a good audiobook version which will capture the exact flavor of how the speech is supposed to sound.
    • 4/5
      Huckleberry Finn is arguably the best American novel of the 19th century. After staging his own murder to escape from his alcoholic father, Huck sets off on a river journey to an island on the Mississippi. While on the island, he finds that he is not the only one that is hiding out. It turns out that Jim, an escaped slave, is also living there. Throughout the novel, Huck wrestles with the moral dilemma of helping the fugitive slave. On one hand, he has been socialized to believe that it is his moral obligation to turn Jim into the authorities, but on the other hand, he has found that Jim is a good man and it is evident that Huck begins to question the system of slavery. Jim and Huck set out on the river with their raft and continue to become entangled in many adventures as they float the Mississippi. At various points in the novel they become embroiled in a feud between two families, participate in schemes concocted by two men who join them on the raft, and work to free Jim as he is held captive by another family that happens to be related to Tom Sawyer, a childhood friend of Huck and a previous character in Tom Sawyer, Twains earlier novel.