Fairy Tales: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fairy Tales audiobook runs 13.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Matthews and Kate Reading (about 8.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 13.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard Matthews
Richard Matthews narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 250 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
351 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 1994 recording read by Erica Johns and Nicolas Soames runs 10.6 hours shorter (2.6 hours).
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
Fairy Tales is an audiobook by Hans Christian Andersen: a 13.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Matthews and Kate Reading, released March 24, 2005, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard Matthews, Kate Reading
- Released
- March 24, 2005
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9780786553341
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Fairy Tales audiobook?
Fairy Tales runs 13.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.8 hours.
Is the Fairy Tales audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Fairy Tales?
Fairy Tales is narrated by Richard Matthews and Kate Reading.
Is Fairy Tales worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.8 hours, saving 4.4 hours.