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The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts by Nicholas Delbanco

The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeff Crawford (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.2listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.2 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.2 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

715 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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 Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts is an audiobook by Nicholas Delbanco: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Crawford, released November 19, 2013, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jeff Crawford
Released
November 19, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781480570979

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts as an audiobook?

The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts?

The Art of Youth: Crane, Carrington, Gershwin, and the Nature of First Acts is narrated by Jeff Crawford.