Nick Offerman Performs The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for Audible
20 September 2016 - 11:00PM
Business Wire
Beloved Actor and Humorist Recharges Mark
Twain’s Defining Tale of Boyhood Adventure
Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, today
announced the release of Nick Offerman’s audio interpretation of
Mark Twain’s emblematic depiction of childhood, The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer. This new recording is now available for download at
audible.com/tomsawyer.
"Being paid to perform such a gratifying activity as reading
Mark Twain aloud felt powerfully akin to Tom Sawyer hoodwinking
other boys into paying him for the privilege of whitewashing a
fence,” said Offerman, whose television and film credits include
Parks and Recreation, Fargo and The Lego Movie. “Let’s keep that
between us.”
“Offerman’s distinctive voice and masterful comedic timing make
him the perfect person to invigorate one of the most iconic tomes
in American literature,” said Audible EVP and Publisher Beth
Anderson. “A natural storyteller and delightful performer, he
succeeds at capturing the brave and youthful spirit of the novel,
mischievous shenanigans and all, for today’s listeners.”
With a 30-day membership trial at Audible, new listeners can
enjoy any one audiobook, including this performance of The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, free.
In addition to Offerman, among the acclaimed performers who have
narrated works of literature for Audible are Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Lily Collins, Emma Thompson, James Franco, and Jesse Eisenberg. In
2013, Audible Studios won its first Grammy Award, for its
production of Janis Ian’s memoir Society’s Child, and also won the
Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year, for Colin Firth’s
performance of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair.
Audible, the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable
audiobooks and other spoken-word content, invented and
commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997, and has
since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook
download segment. Audible members downloaded an average of more
than 17 books over the course of the year. Two thirds of new
Audible members are first-time audiobook buyers.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary
(NASDAQ:AMZN), is the leading provider of premium digital spoken
audio information and entertainment, offering customers a new way
to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to
unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
utility of verbal expression. Audible content includes more than
300,000 audio programs from leading audiobook publishers,
broadcasters, entertainers, magazine and newspaper publishers, and
business information providers. Audible is also the preeminent
provider of spoken-word audio products for Apple’s iTunes
Store.
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Audible.comEsther Bochner, 973-820-0781bochnere@audible.com
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