The Ambitious Guest: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ambitious Guest runs 0.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andrea Giordani (about 0.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Andrea Giordani
Andrea Giordani narrates 387 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 329 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
158 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Mark Bowen runs about the same length (0.4 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by B.J. Harrison runs about the same length (0.3 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
The Ambitious Guest is an audiobook by Nathaniel Hawthorne: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrea Giordani, released February 4, 2018, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrea Giordani
- Released
- February 4, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781509482900
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Ambitious Guest as an audiobook?
The Ambitious Guest runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.2 hours.
Is The Ambitious Guest free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Ambitious Guest?
The Ambitious Guest is narrated by Andrea Giordani.