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The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy by Padraic Colum

The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.7listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.7 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

352 Classics (Literature) 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 Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy is an audiobook by Padraic Colum: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released January 1, 2006, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.7 hrs
Narrated by
Simon Vance
Released
January 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Classics (Kids)
ISBN
9781481548199

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy as an audiobook?

The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.

Is The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy?

The Children’s Homer: The Adventures of Odysseus and the Tale of Troy is narrated by Simon Vance.