Mark Twain Audio CD Collection [ABRIDGED] [AUDIOBOOK] (Audio CD)

by Mark Twain (Author), Ed Begley (Reader)

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Product Description
"The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated." -- Mark Twain

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was the first American writer to capture the unique and colorful vernacular of his country's populace. Instead of striving to perfect any particular literary form, Twain strove to precisely imprint on paper the colloquial speech, mannerisms and experiences of the American people.

Twain's books earned him an enduring reputation as a satirist and humorist, but he also wrote great short stories. These stories, with their wonderful characters and witty turns-of-phrase, have defined in Americans' minds what it means to have been at a time in our country which was at once optimistic, exploratory and recklessly exploitative.

Listeners can still benefit today from hearing Mark Twain's stories and selections from his novels as they become again what they originally were: the oral history of our uniquely American consciousness.

Includes selections from Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Roughing It, and The Autobiography of Mark Twain, and the short stories The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, The £1,000,000 Bank-Note, The Joke That Made Ed's Fortune, A Dog's Tale, A Story Without an End and many more.

Performed by Ed Begley, Sr., Walter Brennan, Brandon de Wilde, Will Geer, and David Wayne

About the Author
Mark Twain was the pen name of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Often called America's greatest satirist, he is best known for his novels The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Prince and the Pauper, and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Born in 1835, Twain died in 1910.

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Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Caedmon; Abridged edition (November 27, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060002719
• ISBN-13: 978-0060002718
• Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 5.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #73,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stories from another era, September 27, 2006

By	Big Jon (U.S. Army) - See all my reviews

This collection presents a few of your favorite Clemens stories, just as they must have been read aloud by generations of enthralled readers. I enjoyed it greatly and wish the rest of his works were offered in the exact same format.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some stories great, some not so well done., August 4, 2006

By	G. Kochanski (Oxford, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Life on the Mississippi is done wonderfully.
The Jumping Frog of Calveras County is done
with such an affected "old codger" accent that
it's not funny at all, which is almost impossible
for that story. Everything else spans the
range.

The CD is a compilation of several actors,
which doubtless explains the variability.

3 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Diaries of Adam & Eve: Translated by Mark Twain, October 10, 2005

By	Doster McMullen (Southeast USA) - See all my reviews

Great buy....just as described...quick delivery