A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Ericksen (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Ericksen
Susan Ericksen narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,621 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
623 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 is an audiobook by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Ericksen, released February 14, 2017, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Ericksen
- Released
- February 14, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781515983927
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 as an audiobook?
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812?
A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 is narrated by Susan Ericksen.
Is A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.2 hours.