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So Big by Edna Ferber

So Big: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the So Big audiobook runs 11.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.1listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish So Big at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

468 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2019 recording read by Karen Commins runs 0.3 hours longer (11.4 hours).
  • The 2022 recording read by Laural Merlington runs 0.9 hours shorter (10.2 hours).
  • The 2019 recording read by Cassandra Campbell runs 0.8 hours shorter (10.3 hours).

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

So Big is an audiobook by Edna Ferber: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Gabrielle De Cuir, released January 26, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.1 hrs
Narrated by
Gabrielle De Cuir
Released
January 26, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781799927839

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the So Big audiobook?

So Big runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.

Is the So Big audiobook free?

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

Who narrates So Big?

So Big is narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.

Is So Big worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.