Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Midwife series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse audiobook runs 10.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Nicola Barber (about 6.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 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 10.3 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 10,266 Memoirs audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Midwife Trilogy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 12.1 hours before it; books 1 to 3 run 33.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Call the Midwife | 12.1 hrs |
| 2 | Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse | 10.3 hrs |
| 3 | Call the Midwife: Farewell to the East End | 10.9 hrs |
More narrated by Nicola Barber
Nicola Barber narrates 145 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,332 hours in all.
About as long, on the Memoirs shelf
1,765 Memoirs 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
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse is book 2 of Jennifer Worth's Midwife series: a 10.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicola Barber, released February 4, 2014, on the Memoirs and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicola Barber
- Released
- February 4, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Memoirs, History & Culture, Women
- Series
- The Midwife Trilogy #2
- ISBN
- 9781622313457
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse audiobook?
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse runs 10.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.9 hours.
Is the Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse?
Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse is narrated by Nicola Barber.
Is Call the Midwife: Shadows of the Workhouse worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.9 hours, saving 3.4 hours.