Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature audiobook runs 4.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Drout (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Drout
Michael Drout narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 44 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
509 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature is an audiobook by Michael Drout: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Drout, released November 28, 2014, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Drout
- Released
- November 28, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781470381813
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature audiobook?
Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
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Who narrates Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature?
Singers and Tales: Oral Tradition and the Roots of Literature is narrated by Michael Drout.