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A Short Walk Through a Wide World by Douglas Westerbeke

A Short Walk Through a Wide World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Short Walk Through a Wide World runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Short Walk Through a Wide World at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.

All Saskia Maarleveld audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

1,194 Action & Adventure (Fiction) 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 Short Walk Through a Wide World is an audiobook by Douglas Westerbeke: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released April 2, 2024, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Saskia Maarleveld
Released
April 2, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Coming of Age, Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
ISBN
9781797172026

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Short Walk Through a Wide World as an audiobook?

A Short Walk Through a Wide World runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is A Short Walk Through a Wide World free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A Short Walk Through a Wide World?

A Short Walk Through a Wide World is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.

Is A Short Walk Through a Wide World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.