Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more audiobook runs 13.8 hours unabridged, narrated by John Riddle (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 13.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
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What our data says
- At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Riddle
John Riddle narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 256 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,515 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
Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more is an audiobook by Paul Negri: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by John Riddle, released March 25, 2025, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Riddle
- Released
- March 25, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798347341306
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more audiobook?
Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.
Is the Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more audiobook free?
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Who narrates Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more?
Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more is narrated by John Riddle.
Is Great American Short Stories: Hawthorne, Poe, Cather, Melville, London, James, Crane, Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Bierce, Twain & more worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.