Mark Twain has 92 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 120 narrators, with an average listener rating of 4★ across 666 ratings. The most-rated is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
The Prince and the Pauper
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One of the great literary classics of Western literature. Set in 1547, this is the tale of a London beggar boy and the English prince who exchange identities. Mark Twain, real name Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), is one of the Great American Novelists. Friend to presidents, artists, indutrialists and European royalty, Twain is universally renowned for his wit and astute satire. Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards.
Public Domain (P)2002 RNIB
The Diaries of Adam and Eve
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The Diaries of Adam and Eve is a classic bit of Mark Twain - humorous, lovely, and profound all at once. Adam cannot understand Eve - her penchant for naming everything in the garden irks him, as does her boundless curiosity, but he learns, in time, that he cannot live happily without her. And Eve finds that she loves Adam above all things. This simple, sweet tale of a deep love is given new life by real-life lovers - husband and wife - Jo Anna Perrin and Johnny Heller. The gifted narrators capture Twain's wit, wisdom, and warmth to deliver a story that has delighted generations for more than 100 years.
Public Domain (P)2019 Johnny Heller
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Seasons Edition: Summer)
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When I got there it was all still and Sunday-like, and hot and sunshiny; the hands was gone to the fields; and there was that kind of faint dronings of bugs and lies in the air that makes it seem so lonesome and like everybody's dead and gone.... In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a 13-year-old boy, Huck, is in search of adventure on the beautiful shores of the Mississippi River. When Huck escapes kidnapping by his own drunken father, he decides to find a canoe to shove off down the river, leaving behind his life of confinement and civilization. Soon Huck comes across Jim, Miss Watson's slave. While traveling down the river, Huck and Jim have many adventures, but more importantly, during many long talks, they become the best of friends, both in search of freedom. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is regarded by many critics and scholars to be the first "Great American novel". Audie award-winner Robin Miles narrates for a unique female voice on Twain's classic story. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Seasons Edition - Summer) is one of three titles available in June 2020. The summer season audio collection also will include Persuasion and The Wonderland Collection.
Public Domain (P)2020 Thomas Nelson
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn delivers the details of Huck Finn's life after the landmark novel Tom Sawyer, at the end of which Huck becomes fairly rich for a young person. In a stroke of maturity, however, Huck entrusts his small fortune to Judge Thatcher, who he can rely on for safekeeping. The next day, Huck's biological father comes into town in pursuit of his son and the money. Having lost the chance at the latter, his father kidnaps him, forcing Huck to fake his own death just to escape. Thus begins one of the most gripping cross-state adventures in literary history, as Huck joins a slave named Jim and the two of them plot their respective flights down the Mississippi River. Throughout the novel, Huck and Jim find themselves in a series of potentially compromising situations, especially since Jim is an escaped slave and there is a price put on his head. Huck eventually reunites with his old friend Tom Sawyer, who delivers a piece of news to him about Jim and Jim's former owner that is both shocking and joyful. A true masterpiece in exposing race relations as well as a young man's knack for adventure and misfortune is widely represented throughout this novel, which contributes to its timeless placement in the literary canon.
©2014 A.R.N. Publications (P)2015 A.R.N. Publications
Tom Sawyer
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Tom Sawyer ist eine Lausbubengeschichte und spielt in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts in dem fiktiven Ort St. Petersburg in Missouri am Ufer des Mississippi. Der Waisenjunge Tom lebt bei seiner Tante Polly, zusammen mit seinem Halbbruder Sid, seiner Cousine Mary und dem schwarzen Sklaven Jim. Sid ist brav und verpetzt Tom bei jeder Gelegenheit. Tom hingegen schwänzt gern die Schule, prügelt sich und treibt sich mit seinem besten Freund Huckleberry Finn herum. Dieser hat keinen festen Wohnsitz. Die Jungen erleben mehrere Abenteuer: sie belauschen drei Männer nachts auf dem Friedhof. Einer der Männer wird ermordet. Der Mörder Indiana-Joe schiebt dem anderen Mann, der betrunken war, den Mord unter. Doch Tom sagt vor Gericht aus, so dass der richtige Mörder gefunden wird. Indiana-Joe kann jedoch entfliehen. Von nun an trifft Tom mehrmals auf den Geflohenen bis dieser in einer Höhle eingeschlossen wird und stirbt. Tom, Huck und Joe Harper möchten Piraten werden und setzen auf eine Insel im Mississippi über. Sie werden vermisst und kommen erst wieder zurück als ihre Trauerfeier stattfindet. Regie: Gerd Beermann
©1954 SWR (P)1954 SWR
Tom Sawyer, Detective
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Tom Sawyer, Detective is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain. It is a sequel to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), and Tom Sawyer Abroad (1894). Tom Sawyer attempts to solve a mysterious murder in this burlesque of the immensely popular detective novels of the time. Like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the story is told using the first-person narrative voice of Huck Finn.
Public Domain (P)2018 PL Publishing
Life on the Mississippi
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The mighty Mississippi River is the backdrop for this charming and adventurous tale. Samuel Clemens, who is better known as Mark Twain, began his Mississippi adventure as a riverboat captain and decided to pen a journal, recording the Mark Twain classic, Life on the Mississippi. Twain writes of the history of the river and relates his own adventures and misadventures as he seeks his fortune. During Mark Twain’s time on the Mississippi, not only was he inspired to write Life on the Mississippi, but his experiences would also motivate one of his greatest novels of all time, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Life on the Mississippi is a first-hand account of river travel during the American pre-Civil War era and one of Twain’s finest works.
©2017 A. R. N. Publications (P)2017 A. R. N. Publications
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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This is the classic story of a boy's adventures growing up in a small town on the banks of the Mississippi river over a hundred years ago. The cheerful, adventurous hero plays truant to form a pirate band and, together with his best friend, Huckleberry Finn, finds fun and excitement, and buried treasure, along the shores of the great river.PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your Library section along with the audio.
©1996 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd. (P)1996 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.
Heroes and Heroines from Classic Tales
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Exciting excerpts from some of the best classic stories for younger listeners, presented with classical music and, often, sound effects, to bring the characters vividly to life. Here is Mowgli, Anne of Green Gables, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Odysseus, the monster wolf Fenrir, and Tom Sawyer getting in and out of scrapes. Before each excerpt is an introduction, setting the scene.
(P)1998 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.; ©1998 NAXOS AudioBooks Ltd.
Le avventure di Tom Sawyer
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Nelle "Avventure di Tom Sawyer" (apparso nel 1876) l'autore dà voce ai sentimenti, alle storie e alle superstizioni che la sua generazione ancora condivideva nel periodo appena antecedente la Guerra di secessione, dove l'insicurezza e i problemi razziali dipingevano lo scenario emotivo della società americana del Sud. La storia picaresca è incentrata sulle figure di Huck Finn e Tom Sawyer i quali, oltre che nelle "normali" avventure che potevano capitare ai monelli della loro età, si trovano coinvolti in un fatto di sangue, allorquando, intrufolatisi nel cimitero della loro cittadina, diventano muti testimoni del delitto del dottore del paese. La rocambolesca serie di eventi che ne seguirà porterà Tom ad affrontare Joe l'Indiano, ben deciso a eliminare l'unico testimone del delitto. Tom riuscirà a salvarsi e a concludere felicemente l'avventura: da sempre monello, verrà consacrato finalmente eroe del paese!
©2016 Per la traduzione italiana: Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Editore. Tradotto da Stella Sacchini (P)2019 Audible Studios
Great American Stories
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Here are 10 unabridged stories by the greatest American authors. These treasured stories from the most influential authors of the 19th and early 20th centuries were selected for their literary importance as well as their dramatic oral qualities. Included in this collection are: Mark Twain: "The One-Million Pound Bank Note", "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County", "A Visit to Niagara", and "A Mysterious Visit" performed by Patrick Fraley. Stephen Crane: "The Blue Hotel" and "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" performed by Patrick Hagan. Ambrose Bierce: "The Eyes of the Panther" and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" performed by Russ Holcomb. Jack London: "The Love of Life" and "To Build a Fire" performed by Bruce Robertson.
(P)1994 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp.
The Complete Works of Mark Twain
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Twain grew up in Hannibal, Missouri, which would later provide the setting for Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer. He apprenticed with a printer. He also worked as a typesetter and contributed articles to his older brother Orion's newspaper. After toiling as a printer in various cities, he became a master riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River, before heading west to join Orion. He was a failure at gold mining, so he next turned to journalism. His work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. This audiobook is available to all in 2020, with a new voice and edited content. Please check out this masterpiece now!. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
©2015 Mark Twain (P)2021 FD Audio
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Widely regarded as one of the Great American Novels, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn follows the title character and his unlikely companion, a runaway slave named Jim, as they attempt to escape the confines of “sivilized” life. Written in the first person vernacular and brimming with satire, insight, and good old fashioned adventure, Twain’s tale is ideal for listening.
Public Domain (P)2012 Cherry Hill Publishing
The Diaries of Adam and Eve and Other Stories
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"Eve's Diary" is a short story by Mark Twain. It is written in the style of a diary kept by the first woman in the Biblical creation story, Eve, and is claimed to be "translated from the original MS". The "plot" of this story is the first-person account of Eve from her creation up to her burial by her mate Adam, including meeting and getting to know him, and exploring the world around her, Eden. The story then jumps 40 years into the future after the Fall and expulsion from Eden. It is one of a series of books Twain wrote concerning the story of Adam and Eve, including "Extracts from Adam's Diary", "That Day in Eden", "Eve Speaks", "Adam's Soliloquy", and the "Autobiography of Eve". "Eve's Diary" has a lighter tone than the others in the series, as Eve has a strong appreciation for beauty and love.
©2020 Classic Audiobooks (P)2020 Classic Audiobooks
Who Is Mark Twain?
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"You had better shove this in the stove," Mark Twain said at the top of an 1865 letter to his brother, "for I don't want any absurd 'literary remains' and 'unpublished letters of Mark Twain' published after I am planted." He was joking, of course. But when Mark Twain died in 1910, he left behind the largest collection of personal papers created by any nineteenth-century American author. Here, for the first time in book form, are 24 remarkable pieces by the American master - pieces that have been handpicked by Robert Hirst, general editor of the Mark Twain Project at the University of California, Berkeley. In "Jane Austen," Twain wonders if Austen's goal is to "make the reader detest her people up to the middle of the book and like them in the rest of the chapters." "The Privilege of the Grave" offers a powerful statement about the freedom of speech while "Happy Memories of the Dental Chair" will make you appreciate modern dentistry. In "Frank Fuller and My First New York Lecture" Twain plasters the city with ads to promote his talk at the Cooper Union (he is terrified no one will attend). Later that day, Twain encounters two men gazing at one of his ads. One man says to the other: "Who is Mark Twain?" The other responds: "God knows - I don't." Wickedly funny and disarmingly relevant, Who Is Mark Twain? shines a new light on one of America's most beloved literary icons - a man who was well ahead of his time.
©2001 The Mark Twain Foundation (P)2009 HarperCollins Publishers
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" (published in 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. Mark Twain's lively tale of the scrapes and adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: racing bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and stunts in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River. This was the first novel to be written on a typewriter.
©2017 SAGA Egmont (P)2017 SAGA Egmont
The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine
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A never-before-published, previously unfinished Mark Twain children's story is brought to life by Caldecott Medal winners Philip Stead and Erin Stead. In a hotel in Paris one evening in 1879, Mark Twain sat with his young daughters, who begged their father for a story. Choosing a picture from a magazine to get started, Twain began telling them the tale of Johnny, a poor boy in possession of some magical seeds, who finds himself on a quest to rescue a stolen prince. Later, Twain would jot down some rough notes about the story, but the tale was left unfinished...until now. Plucked from the Mark Twain archives at the University of California, Berkeley, Twain's notes now form the foundation of a fairy tale picked up over a century later. With only Twain's fragmentary script and a story that stops partway as his guide, author Philip Stead has written a tale that imagines what might have been if Twain had fully realized this work. This is a story that reaches through time and brings us the debut children's book of America's most legendary writer, envisioned by one of today's most important names in children's literature.
©2017 Philip C. Stead (P)2017 Listening Library
The Very Best of Mark Twain
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A selection of Mark Twain's best work, including 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer', 'The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County', and 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'.
©2010 Saland Publishing (P)2010 Saland Publishing
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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With his uniquely expressive voice, three-time Academy Award winner Paul Newman vividly brings to life the exciting tale of one of America's favorite heroes. Young Tom Sawyer, full of guts and determination, takes us on amazing adventures that are both touching and humorous, and at their most compelling in Newman's warm and charismatic performance. Produced in a simple manner that allows imaginations to soar, Mark Twain's marvelous enduring wit will charm the entire family. Destined to become an instant classic, this audiobook will help introduce your family to the unique pleasure of classic literature.
Public Domain (P)2000 Power Studios Inc. All rights reserved
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Jackie Cooper and Orson Welles star in this performance of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
©2009 Saland Publishing (P)2009 Saland Publishing