If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Ballad series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O audiobook runs 11.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sally Darling (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,042 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Ballad
This is book 1. Books 1 to 5 run 61.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O | 11.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter | 10.6 hrs |
| 3 | She Walks These Hills | 12.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Rosewood Casket | 11.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Ballad of Frankie Silver | 14.6 hrs |
More narrated by Sally Darling
Sally Darling narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 211 hours in all.
About as long, on the Suspense shelf
2,487 Suspense audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Wife Between Us
- Local Woman Missing
- The Judge's List
- The Terminal List
- That Affair Next Door
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
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O is book 1 of Sharyn McCrumb's Ballad series: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sally Darling, released October 19, 2012, on the Suspense shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sally Darling
- Released
- October 19, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Suspense
- Series
- Ballad #1
- ISBN
- 9781470333522
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O audiobook?
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.
Is the If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O?
If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O is narrated by Sally Darling.
Is If Ever I Return, Pretty Peggy-O worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.