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An Idle Woman by Wendy Parkins

An Idle Woman: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Idle Woman runs 10.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Isobel Wood and Chris Devon and others (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish An Idle Woman at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,571 Historical (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

An Idle Woman is an audiobook by Wendy Parkins: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Isobel Wood, Chris Devon and Ella Lynch and others, released June 14, 2024, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Isobel Wood, Chris Devon, Ella Lynch, Fiona Mcneill, Angela Ness, Andy Cresswell
Released
June 14, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781004160983

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Questions listeners ask

How long is An Idle Woman as an audiobook?

An Idle Woman runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is An Idle Woman free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates An Idle Woman?

An Idle Woman is narrated by Isobel Wood, Chris Devon, Ella Lynch and Fiona Mcneill and others.

Is An Idle Woman worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.