AuthorMark Twain
NarratorFull Cast
Duration2h 53m
CategoriesAdult Fiction, Plays and Dramatisations, Classics
Key StageKS4
PublisherBBC
VersionAbridged
Young Huck Finn can't get along with the Widow Douglas' attempts to `civilise' him, or the smothering discipline which she and her sister serve up at home. So when his drunken, good-for-nothing father turns up and kidnaps him, Huck takes his cue to leave - and escapes to Jackson's Island. There he meets runaway slave Jim, and the two become firm friends. Their bond of trust holds strong as they travel down the Mississippi River on a raft - witnessing misdeeds and murder along the way - and are separated, captured and re-captured before continuing in their bid for freedom.
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Steve West
Duration 7h 26m
Set in 16th-Century England and following the lives of two young boys, The Prince and the Pauper is a classic and timeless tale. Tom Canty, the lowly pauper is almost identical in appearance to Edward Tudor, a prince. Unbeknownst to those around them, the boys strike up an unlikely friendship and soon realise that with their similar looks they coul...
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Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras Country
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Nigel Hawthorne
Duration 15m
Our narrator is sent on an errand to visit an old man, Simon Wheeler by a friend to find an old acquaintance of his. This is clearly a joke, because once our narrator gets there and asks about the acquaintance, Wheeler immediately begins to tell a long, boring, droll story about Jim Smiley. Jim Smiley is addicted to gambling. He bets on anything fr...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 40m
Three of Mark Twain's classic short stories, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 from 9-11 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Milligan. Twain's classic short stories, with their familiar trademarks of high farce and droll insight, bring us eccentric b...
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Author: Mark Twain, F Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Bram Stoker, Various
Author Mark Twain, F Scott Fitzgerald, Edgar Allan Poe, Lewis Carroll, Bram Stoker, Various
Narrator Various
Duration 7h 52m
A wonderful selection of stories to make you laugh, cry and shiver! Featuring stories from Charles Dickens, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Saki amongst a great many famous others, this collection is a must for anyone who enjoys listening to a wide variety of stories from a diverse range of voices.
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Mark Twain's the Experience of the Mcwilliamses With Mark Twain's the Experience of the Mcwilliamse
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 13m
A classic short story by Mark Twain, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 on 10 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Millligan. This is the second of three of Twain's classic short story broadcasts featuring the McWilliamses, with his familiar trademark...
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Mark Twain's the Mcwilliamses and the Burglar Alarm
Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 13m
A classic short story by Mark Twain, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 on 9 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Millligan. This is the first of three of Twain's classic short story broadcasts featuring the McWilliamses, with his familiar trademarks...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Thomas Becker
Duration 7h 39m
Impish, daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends and a torment to his relations. For wherever there is mischief or adventure, Tom is at the heart of it. During one hot summer, Tom witnesses a murder, runs away to be a pirate, attends his own funeral, rescues an innocent man from the gallows, searches for treasure in a haunted house, foils a...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Stuart Milligan
Duration 13m
A classic short story by Mark Twain, originally broadcast in the Afternoon Reading slot on BBC Radio 4 on 9 November 2010, to accompany the Autobiography of Mark Twain (aired on Book of the Week). Read by Stuart Millligan. This is the last of three of Twain's classic short story broadcasts featuring the McWilliamses, with his familiar trademarks o...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Thomas Becker
Duration 10h 13m
'We said there warn't no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.' Huck Finn escapes from his alcoholic father by faking his own death and so begins his journey through the Deep South, seeking independence and freedom. On his travels, Huc...
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Author: Mark Twain
Author Mark Twain
Narrator Richard Griffiths
Duration 7m
Set in the gold and quartz-mining community, this queer and amusing little vignette explains why Dick Baker's cat, who always had such a propensity for finding the premium gold-panning plots, takes strongly against quartz mining and never is to be swayed otherwise. A sweet, funny and well-written short, that showcases Twain's wit and skill brillian...
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