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Quick Classics Collection: Travel
William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present Argo Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.
Moving from a long hot summer in Mississippi to the rivers of London and beyond to a remote tropical desert island, this collection of fictional travel writing contains some of the most famous novels from the 18th and 19th century and includes Bing Crosby’s superb reading of Mark Twain’s classic coming-of-age tale.
These classic stories are read by singer, comedian and actor Bing Crosby; President of the Jerome K. Jerome Society Jeremy Nicholas; and The Red Beret’s Harry Andrews.
This collection includes:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, read by Bing Crosby
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Jeremy Nicholas
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, read by Harry Andrews
Moving from a long hot summer in Mississippi to the rivers of London and beyond to a remote tropical desert island, this collection of fictional travel writing contains some of the most famous novels from the 18th and 19th century and includes Bing Crosby’s superb reading of Mark Twain’s classic coming-of-age tale.
These classic stories are read by singer, comedian and actor Bing Crosby; President of the Jerome K. Jerome Society Jeremy Nicholas; and The Red Beret’s Harry Andrews.
This collection includes:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, read by Bing Crosby
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome, read by Jeremy Nicholas
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe, read by Harry Andrews
7 pages, Audible Audio
First published January 1, 1889
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Mark Twain
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
Samuel Langhorne Clemens, known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist and essayist. He was praised as the "greatest humorist the United States has produced," with William Faulkner calling him "the father of American literature." His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884), with the latter often called the "Great American Novel." Twain also wrote A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1889) and Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894), and co-wrote The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today (1873) with Charles Dudley Warner.
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