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Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer by John Cheever

Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer audiobook runs 1 hours unabridged, narrated by Ben Cheever and Meryl Streep (about 0.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 1 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer is an audiobook by John Cheever: a 1-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Cheever and Meryl Streep, released July 25, 2006, on the Classics (Literature) and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
1 hrs
Narrated by
Ben Cheever, Meryl Streep
Released
July 25, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Short Stories
ISBN
9780061229169

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer audiobook?

Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer runs 1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.6 hours.

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Who narrates Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer?

Essential Cheever: The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer is narrated by Ben Cheever and Meryl Streep.