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Tales from Shakespeare by Mary Lamb, Charles Lamb

Tales from Shakespeare: Audiobook

by Mary Lamb, Charles Lamb · narrated by Wanda Mccaddon · unabridged · 2010

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tales from Shakespeare audiobook runs 9.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Wanda Mccaddon (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.3listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2010released
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What our data says

  • At 9.3 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Wanda Mccaddon

Wanda Mccaddon narrates 111 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,364 hours in all.

All Wanda Mccaddon audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

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

Other recordings

  • The 2010 recording read by Nigel Davenport and Juliet Stevenson runs 5.4 hours shorter (3.9 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by Chris MacDonnell runs 2 hours longer (11.3 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Simon Hester runs 1.7 hours longer (11.1 hours).
  • The 2019 recording read by Alice Marti runs 0.4 hours shorter (8.9 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

Tales from Shakespeare is an audiobook by Mary Lamb and Charles Lamb: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Wanda Mccaddon, released January 19, 2010, on the Classics (Literature) and Theatre & Radio shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.3 hrs
Narrated by
Wanda Mccaddon
Released
January 19, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Theatre & Radio, Classics (Kids)
ISBN
9781481576604

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tales from Shakespeare audiobook?

Tales from Shakespeare runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is the Tales from Shakespeare audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Tales from Shakespeare?

Tales from Shakespeare is narrated by Wanda Mccaddon.