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The Birds: and Other Stories by Daphne du Maurier

The Birds: and Other Stories: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Birds: and Other Stories runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Sinclair and James Langton and others (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Psychologicalstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Birds: and Other Stories at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 6,732 Psychological audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by James Langton

James Langton narrates 300 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,036 hours in all.

All James Langton audiobooks, measured

Other recordings

  • The 2026 recording read by Alexandra Boulton and Joseph Kloska runs 0.7 hours longer (9.7 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

The Birds: and Other Stories is an audiobook by Daphne du Maurier: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Sinclair, James Langton and Katherine Kellgren and others, released January 20, 2015, on the Psychological and Horror shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Sinclair, James Langton, Katherine Kellgren, Barbara Rosenblat
Released
January 20, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Horror
ISBN
9781478956334

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Birds: and Other Stories as an audiobook?

The Birds: and Other Stories runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Birds: and Other Stories free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Birds: and Other Stories?

The Birds: and Other Stories is narrated by Michael Sinclair, James Langton, Katherine Kellgren and Barbara Rosenblat.