Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories audiobook runs 6.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Jean Smart (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 76% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jean Smart
Jean Smart narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 85 hours in all.
- The City on the Edge of Forever
- Thirty Years of Treason, Vol. 2: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities, 1951–1952
- A Bit of Brontës, a Dollop of Dickinson, an Offering of Austen: A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 2; Selections from A Dab of Dickens & a Touch of Twain, Literary Lives from Shakespeare’s Old England to Frost’s New England
- Valentines: A Bouquet of Letters and Poetry for Lovers
- Thirty Years of Treason: Excerpts from Hearings before the House Committee on Un-American Activities 1938–1968; Complete Set
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,363 Literary 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
Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories is an audiobook by Carol Shields: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Jean Smart, released January 1, 2001, on the Literary Fiction and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jean Smart
- Released
- January 1, 2001
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781614674054
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories audiobook?
Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.
Is the Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories audiobook free?
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Who narrates Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories?
Dressing Up for the Carnival: A Collection of Stories is narrated by Jean Smart.