Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life audiobook runs 4 hours unabridged, narrated by Jill Shellabarger (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jill Shellabarger
Jill Shellabarger narrates 20 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 141 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf
936 Non-fiction (Kids) 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
Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life is an audiobook by Catherine Reef: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Jill Shellabarger, released July 1, 2009, on the Non-fiction (Kids) and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jill Shellabarger
- Released
- July 1, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-fiction (Kids), Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781608145799
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life audiobook?
Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.
Is the Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life audiobook free?
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Who narrates Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life?
Ernest Hemingway: A Writer's Life is narrated by Jill Shellabarger.