The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Author Mark Twain
- Narrator Grover Gardner
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 1 January 2007
- Run Time 6 hours and 51 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Adventure fiction, Classic fiction.
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What to expect
Who could forget the pranks, the adventures, the sheer fun of Tom Sawyer? From Tom’s sly trickery with the whitewashed fence to his and Becky Thatcher’s calamities in Bat Cave, the enjoyment never ends.
Just what did boys do in a small town during the mid-1800s, a time when there were no televisions, no arcades, and no videos? They whitewashed fences, floated down rivers, traded marbles, formed secret societies, smoked pipes, and, on occasion, managed to attend their own funerals. Yes, they may have been a bit mischievous, but as Aunt Polly said of Tom when she believed him to be dead, “He was the best-hearted boy that ever was.” Aunt Polly’s sentiments reveal one of Mark Twain’s cardinal philosophies: In this deceitful and infirm world, innocence can be found only in the heart of a boy.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is a humorous and nostalgic book depicting the carefree days of boyhood in a small Midwestern town. The characters are based on Twain’s schoolmates and the town, Hannibal, Missouri, is where Twain grew up.
Critics Review
u201cThe hero is one of the most endearing in literature.u201d
u201cGrover Gardner slips inside the humor and drama of this classic, casting a spell that vividly creates Twainu2019s nineteenth-century setting for listenersu2026while creating memorable characters through accent and toneu2026Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.u201d
u201cGardneru2019s resonant tones roll over the rich, extensive vocabulary, almost as if Twain himself were telling the storyu2026The delightful audio enables kids to enjoy this compelling tale, which might seem daunting in book form.u201d
u201cTwain intended his novel not just as a book for the young but as a piece of nostalgia for the young at heartu2026Itu2019s a relatively quiet readingu2014homeyu2014as if told in retrospect by oneu2019s grandfather.u201d
u201cMore than a book for boys, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, with its rich native humor and shrewd observations of human character, is an idyll of American village life.u201d
u201cThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer has the truth of honestyu2014what it says about things and feelings is never false and always both adequate and beautiful.u201d
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