The Chimaera: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chimaera runs 1.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gid Newell (about 0.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.2 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 3,228 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gid Newell
Gid Newell narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelf
97 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) 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 Chimaera is an audiobook by Nathaniel Hawthorne: a 1.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gid Newell, released August 15, 2026, on the Classics (Kids) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gid Newell
- Released
- August 15, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Kids), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
- ISBN
- 9798182612166
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Chimaera as an audiobook?
The Chimaera runs 1.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.8 hours.
Is The Chimaera free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Chimaera?
The Chimaera is narrated by Gid Newell.