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The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion by Ann Bausum

The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion runs 1.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins and Ann Bausum (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.4listening hrs
Non-fiction (Kids)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 14,091 Non-fiction (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion is an audiobook by Ann Bausum: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Patrick Hopkins and Ann Bausum, released April 2, 2024, on the Non-fiction (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.4 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Patrick Hopkins, Ann Bausum
Released
April 2, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-fiction (Kids)
ISBN
9780593824283

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion as an audiobook?

The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.

Is The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion?

The Bard and the Book: How the First Folio Saved the Plays of William Shakespeare from Oblivion is narrated by Sean Patrick Hopkins and Ann Bausum.