A Shilling for a Wife: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Shilling for a Wife runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Penelope Freeman (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Penelope Freeman
Penelope Freeman narrates 119 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,287 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
1,380 Drama 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 Shilling for a Wife is an audiobook by Emma Hornby: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Freeman, released August 31, 2017, on the Drama shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Freeman
- Released
- August 31, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama
- ISBN
- 9781473554634
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Shilling for a Wife as an audiobook?
A Shilling for a Wife runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is A Shilling for a Wife free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Shilling for a Wife?
A Shilling for a Wife is narrated by Penelope Freeman.
Is A Shilling for a Wife worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.