Animating Maria: Audiobook
Book 5 of the School for Manners series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Animating Maria audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Lindy Nettleton (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The School for Manners Series
This is book 5. Books 1 to 4 run 19.8 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 30.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Refining Felicity | 4.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Perfecting Fiona | 4.8 hrs |
| 3 | Enlightening Delilah | 5.1 hrs |
| 4 | Finessing Clarissa | 5.1 hrs |
| 5 | Animating Maria | 5.3 hrs |
| 6 | Marrying Harriet: A Regency Romance | 5.3 hrs |
More narrated by Lindy Nettleton
Lindy Nettleton narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 332 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
602 Historical (Romance) 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
Animating Maria is book 5 of M. C. Beaton's School for Manners series: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Lindy Nettleton, released April 1, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Lindy Nettleton
- Released
- April 1, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- The School for Manners Series #5
- ISBN
- 9781620648230
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Animating Maria audiobook?
Animating Maria runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is the Animating Maria audiobook free?
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Who narrates Animating Maria?
Animating Maria is narrated by Lindy Nettleton.