Before We Were Free: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before We Were Free audiobook runs 5.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Julia Alvarez (about 3.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.4 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 |
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 5.4 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 17,065 Teen & YA audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Teen & YA shelf
1,122 Teen & YA 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
Before We Were Free is an audiobook by Julia Alvarez: a 5.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Alvarez, released July 13, 2004, on the Teen & YA shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Alvarez
- Released
- July 13, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Teen & YA
- ISBN
- 9781400085309
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before We Were Free audiobook?
Before We Were Free runs 5.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.6 hours.
Is the Before We Were Free audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before We Were Free?
Before We Were Free is narrated by Julia Alvarez.