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Italian Folktales by Italo Calvino

Italian Folktales: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Italian Folktales audiobook runs 29 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 19.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

29listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 29 hours of listening.

Days to finish Italian Folktales at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day58 days
1 hour / day29 days
2 hours / day15 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×20 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 29 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

All Edoardo Ballerini audiobooks, measured

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

Italian Folktales is an audiobook by Italo Calvino: a 29-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released April 5, 2019, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
29 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
April 5, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781501963629

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Italian Folktales audiobook?

Italian Folktales runs 29 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.4 hours.

Is the Italian Folktales audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Italian Folktales?

Italian Folktales is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

Is Italian Folktales worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.4 hours, saving 9.7 hours.