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Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories by Tobias Wolff

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories audiobook runs 13.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Anthony Heald (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.1listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,807 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

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories is an audiobook by Tobias Wolff: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Anthony Heald, released March 25, 2008, on the Literary Fiction and Short Stories shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.1 hrs
Narrated by
Anthony Heald
Released
March 25, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Short Stories
ISBN
9781483082622

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories audiobook?

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is the Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories?

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories is narrated by Anthony Heald.

Is Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.