Grade 5 Up-British actor Mike McShane provides a superb portrayal of Mark Twain's classic characters, nailing the Mississippi drawl and cadence. For those who know and love the story or are following along with an unabridged edition, however, this production is marred somewhat by what the publisher has chosen to leave out. The more descriptive chapters are shortened or expurgat...
Grade 5 Up-British actor Mike McShane provides a superb portrayal of Mark Twain's classic characters, nailing the Mississippi drawl and cadence. For those who know and love the story or are following along with an unabridged edition, however, this production is marred somewhat by what the publisher has chosen to leave out. The more descriptive chapters are shortened or expurgated entirely, which is understandable in the interest of editing for time. Some of the more distasteful racial epithets are gone as well, although Injun Joe retains his moniker. Sid and Mary are also cut entirely, as well as references to smoking, slavery, most of Tom's ludicrously funny romantic notions about the violence inflicted by pirates and robbers, and even the naked figure in the schoolmaster's anatomy book. The result is a watered down Tom and, especially, Huck. The ending also lacks the satisfaction of the original version. The party scene where the fortune is revealed has been cut as has Twain's concluding paragraphs which "endeth this chronicle." It lacks even the closure of the customary, "You have been listening to-." The sturdy plastic case will survive many circulations. If your facility serves an elementary-age population for which the language of the original would not be appropriate, or there is a teacher looking for a sanitized version, McShane's excellent performance makes this edition worth recommending.
Diana Dickerson, White Pigeon Community Schools, MI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.
He was eating an apple, and giving a long, melodious whoop, at intervals, followed by a deep-toned ding-dong-dong, ding-dong-dong, for he was personating a steamboat. As he drew near, he slackened speed, took the middle of the street, leaned far over to starboard and rounded to ponderously and with laborious pomp and circumstance—for he was personating the Big Missouri, and considered himself to be drawing nine feet of water. He was boat and captain and engine-bells combined, so he had to imagine himself standing on his own hurricane-deck giving the orders and executing them: (查看原文)
The first impression that the boy Tom gave me was a naughty, mischievous boy, just as what Aunt Polly said. He never lacked the curiosity to explore new places, sometimes even risking his life, which I did not dare to! There were some great adventures of hi...
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0 有用 膏膏 2009-01-18 14:21:50
与简爱同一时期看的
0 有用 hfsoihf 2008-08-21 10:44:34
关于瘊子和死猫，记忆尤新。
0 有用 若曦 2008-10-23 12:20:21
当时还不知道吐温先生是何许人也，但对这个小故事真的很稀饭~至今念念
0 有用 丽塔 2009-03-04 22:56:17
个人认为还是哈克贝利芬更好看。
0 有用 穆穆 2008-10-19 21:39:33
看的连环画
0 有用 胖蝶法师 2021-03-06 14:02:01
太精彩了，太，太，太精彩了。还有什么能让我每天晚上在哄孩子睡着时自己昏昏睡去，半夜惊醒还挣扎着爬起来去开灯打开书接着看，就是这本书了。它里面有一种荒鲁，精巧的粗糙，没头没脑没心没肺的味道对我来说是很新鲜的。但这绝对不是一本给小孩看的书，有点太血腥了，太荒蛮了。
0 有用 丽塔 2009-03-04 22:56:17
个人认为还是哈克贝利芬更好看。
0 有用 膏膏 2009-01-18 14:21:50
与简爱同一时期看的
0 有用 羽族优伶 2009-01-11 14:54:47
童年想干而没有干的事情太多了，比如当海盗
0 有用 若曦 2008-10-23 12:20:21
当时还不知道吐温先生是何许人也，但对这个小故事真的很稀饭~至今念念