AuthorMark Twain
NarratorWilliam Dufris
Duration7h 36m
CategoriesClassics, Children's Fiction
PublisherDuke Classics
VersionUnabridged
Originally published in 1826 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer recounts some of Mark Twain's own childhood adventures along the Mississippi River — and introduces us to some of the most memorable characters in all of American literature: Tom Sawyer, Tom's Aunt Polly, his favorite girl Becky Thatcher, and his mischievous friend Huckleberry Finn.
The spirit of this uniquely American book is ultimately tolerant and bold, down to earth and confident. It firmly established Mark Twain as one of America's finest and most treasured writers. Its characters have enchanted audiences for nearly a century and a half — and still do.
Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Nigel Hawthorne
Duration 15m
Our narrator is sent on an errand to visit an old man, Simon Wheeler by a friend to find an old acquaintance of his. This is clearly a joke, because once our narrator gets there and asks about the acquaintance, Wheeler immediately begins to tell a long, boring, droll story about Jim Smiley. Jim Smiley is addicted to gambling. He bets on anything fr...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 13m
A classic short story by Mark Twain, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 on 9 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Millligan. This is the last of three of Twain's classic short story broadcasts featuring the McWilliamses, with his familiar trademarks o...
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Garrick Hagon
Duration 11h 24m
Mark Twain's most famous book describes Huckleberry Finn's journey down the Mississippi aboard a raft with the runaway black slave Jim. Their escapades in the Deep South before the American Civil War make joyful reading but also direct a searching light on a society where slavery and prejudice were taken for granted.
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Thomas Becker
Duration 7h 39m
Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relations. For wherever there is mischief or adventure, Tom is at the heart of it. During one hot summer, Tom witnesses a murder, runs away to be a pirate, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for treasure in a haunted house, foils a...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Steve West
Duration 7h 26m
Set in 16th-Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical in appearance to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, the boys strike up an unlikely friendship and soon realise that with their similar looks they coul...
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A Connecticut Yankee In King Arthur's Court
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Kenneth Jay
Duration 2h 25m
What happens when a 19th-century American with a background of railroads, advertising, ammunition and soap is whisked back in time to medieval England, ruled and guided from Camelot by King Arthur? How do the spells of Merlin the Magician and the lances of the Knights fare against Industrial Man?
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Mark Twain's the Experience of the Mcwilliamses With Mark Twain's the Experience of the Mcwilliamse
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 13m
A classic short story by Mark Twain, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 on 10 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Millligan. This is the second of three of Twain's classic short story broadcasts featuring the McWilliamses, with his familiar trademark...
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Mark Twain's the Mcwilliamses and the Burglar Alarm
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 13m
A classic short story by Mark Twain, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 on 9 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Millligan. This is the first of three of Twain's classic short story broadcasts featuring the McWilliamses, with his familiar trademarks...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Richard Griffiths
Duration 7m
Set in the gold and quartz-mining community, this queer and amusing little vignette explains why Dick Baker's cat, who always had such a propensity for finding the premium gold-panning plots, takes strongly against quartz mining and never is to be swayed otherwise. A sweet, funny and well-written short, that showcases Twain's wit and skill brillian...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Thomas Becker
Duration 10h 13m
'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huc...
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