Huckleberry Finn

By: Mark Twain

Narrated by: Garrick Hagon

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.

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Too much cut out

Well-read, and as always with the Naxos titles, music is nicely integrated into the reading. I generally like the Naxos abridgements, but in this case too much has been trimmed to fit the playing time. Specifically, the episode of the Wilks brothers -- a deception practiced by the King and the Duke on a whole town -- is omitted. Naxos has recently published an unabridged version that may be a better bet.