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.
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"Awesome! They need to bring this classic back into the schools and ensure that every student has the opportunity to read this great book. All four of my children know about Mark Twain, Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn so it should be easier to get them to read this adventure. I just need to find a way to strongly encourage that they start reading this book, for once they start reading it they will not be able to stop. Recommended for all readers!"
— Chad (5 out of 5 stars)
“The hero is one of the most endearing in literature.”
— Daily Telegraph (London)“Confirms the profoundest wishes of the heart.”
— Christopher Morley, American journalist, novelist, essayist, and poet“More 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, of that quiet age that had already vanished when Mark Twain re-created St. Petersburg from memories of his own boyhood...[Twain’s] service as delightful entertainment to generation of American youngsters is equaled only by his influence on such twentieth-century admirers as Gertrude Stein, William Faulkner, and Ernest Hemingway.”
— Masterpieces of World Literature" Just read it with the boys for the first time. I think I read most of it before but it's such a familiar tale that it's hard to know for sure. Really struggled with Tom's character but the writing and Huck got us through it. "
— Paige, 2/20/2014" dont remember anything of it... "
— Hong, 2/19/2014" Gostei muito! Agora quero ler "As Aventuras de Huckleberry Finn" "
— Joana, 2/19/2014" I great option as light reading. "
— Isai, 2/17/2014" I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Twain captures perfectly the mind of the little boy and it had excitement and adventure without cliche feats that a real little boy would be unlikely to accomplish. That's the thing I liked most about this book, is the likelyhood of it. Everything that happened is perfectly plausible in the real world and a lot of it probably did happen. "
— Livi, 2/11/2014" I grew up reading this book too! It's so much fun! "
— Victoria, 2/9/2014" Just read it with the boys for the first time. I think I read most of it before but it's such a familiar tale that it's hard to know for sure. Really struggled with Tom's character but the writing and Huck got us through it. "
— Paige, 2/9/2014" i thought the book was really good :) :) !!!!!!!!!!!!! "
— Mas5thgrade2012, 2/8/2014" Pulled this one off the shelf for the first time since I was a kid. Twain's humor is infectious and affection for his hero is palpable. Enjoyable, but it left me craving more of the adventurousness of Huck Finn. "
— Tom, 2/8/2014" I read this book for school. I would've like it more if i was an 8 year old boy. "
— Kieran, 2/5/2014" Not as good as Huck Finn. This one is more fun and witty, and less complexly layered. It's still a fun read. "
— Amanda, 1/31/2014Mark Twain (1835–1910) was born Samuel L. Clemens in the town of Florida, Missouri. He is one of the most popular and influential authors our nation has ever produced, and his keen wit and incisive satire earned him praise from both critics and peers. He has been called not only the greatest humorist of his age but also the father of American literature.
Paul Newman (1925–2008) was an award-winning actor and director. His major film roles include The Hustler, Hud, Harper, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, The Verdict, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, Nobody's Fool, The Road to Perdition, and the voice role of Doc Hudson in Disney-Pixar's Cars. Ten-time Oscar nominee, Newman won an Academy Award for Best Actor for The Color of Money. Newman won several national championships as a race car driver. A political activist and humanitarian, he raised and donated nearly one billion dollars to many charities. Newman had six children and was married to Oscar-winning actress Joanne Woodward for fifty years.