The Bookshop: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bookshop runs 3.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Pearl Hewitt (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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 3.9 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Pearl Hewitt
Pearl Hewitt narrates 151 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,186 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
388 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by Stephanie Racine and Eve Karpf runs 0.2 hours longer (4.1 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 Bookshop is an audiobook by Penelope Fitzgerald: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Pearl Hewitt, released May 15, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Pearl Hewitt
- Released
- May 15, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781977379375
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bookshop as an audiobook?
The Bookshop runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
Is The Bookshop free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bookshop?
The Bookshop is narrated by Pearl Hewitt.