Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Samara MacLaren (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Samara MacLaren
Samara MacLaren narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 216 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,971 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
Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein is an audiobook by Mairi Kidd: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Samara MacLaren, released October 23, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samara MacLaren
- Released
- October 23, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
- ISBN
- 9781785306518
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein audiobook?
Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.
Is the Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein audiobook free?
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Who narrates Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein?
Poor Creatures: The fascinating story of Mary Shelley – the mind which birthed Frankenstein is narrated by Samara MacLaren.