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Tanglewood Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Tanglewood Tales: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tanglewood Tales audiobook runs 6.5 hours unabridged, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.5listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Tanglewood Tales at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 6.5 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2009 recording read by A Full Cast runs 0.8 hours longer (7.2 hours).
  • The 2004 recording read by David Thorn runs 0.5 hours longer (7 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

Tanglewood Tales is an audiobook by Nathaniel Hawthorne: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Classics (Kids) and Mystery & Fantasy shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.5 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Kids), Mystery & Fantasy

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tanglewood Tales audiobook?

Tanglewood Tales runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.

Is the Tanglewood Tales audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Tanglewood Tales?

Tanglewood Tales is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.