Huck Finn

I've been having a great time listening to a reading of Mark Twain's  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on Librivox. I can listen on the iPhone.  In case you don't know about it, Librivox is an online site for free audiobooks in the public domain, using volunteer readers. The reader of Huck Finn is Annie Coleman Rothenberg, and she is good. She's got the dialects down well. She is from St.Louis, MO so that probably helps. I had forgotten what a great book Huck Finn is. It is practically a textbook in morality and ethics. Huck is a real philosopher, and he spends a lot of time struggling with ethical dilemmas. But it is also a ripping good yarn with great characters. I've just been listening to the chapters  dealing with the two con-men - the "King" and the "Duke,"who invite themselves on to Jim and Huck's raft and get them involved in all kinds of scrapes.  Go to LibriVox and listen for yourself.

Mark Twain