![]() Primarily for the lip smacking (which thankfully abated after a few minutes). As for Robin Field, I couldn't stand him at first. So is the unabridged version worth it? My guess is that it's only worth it if you're a Twain fan and you have qualms about saying you've "read" a book when you only listened to the abridged version. ![]() In one of the longer letters, he also tells the story of the clipper 'the Hornet' that sunk near the equator and saw part of its crew wash ashore on the Big Island 43 days later. ![]() So what can you expect in this unabridged version that's probably been cut from the abridged version? I can only guess (since I haven't listened to the unabridged version), but here goes: Twain spends a lot of time writing for the moneyed commercial interests back in 1860s San Francisco and thus you're going to hear some arcana about the economics of steamships, whaling ships, and the sugar cane industry. ![]() I've been meaning to listen to 'Letters from Hawaii' since getting a taste years ago when I listened to Norman Dietz's reading of 'Roughing It,' which included some excerpts from 'Letters from Hawaii.' I waited till the unabridged version was available since abridged versions are so.last century. ![]()
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