A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sophy Roberts (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,096 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia is an audiobook by Sophy Roberts: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sophy Roberts, released February 20, 2025, on the World and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sophy Roberts
- Released
- February 20, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Essays & Anthologies, Africa
- ISBN
- 9781529947960
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia as an audiobook?
A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia?
A Training School for Elephants: The powerful, Sunday Times bestselling story of Africa, from the author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia is narrated by Sophy Roberts.