The Crumbly Old Castle: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Irish Escape series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Crumbly Old Castle runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Abigail Reno and Jennifer Jill Araya and others (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Irish Escape
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 32 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Crumbly Old Castle | 10.5 hrs |
| 2 | The Creaky Old Barn | 9.9 hrs |
| 3 | The Shabby Old Cottage | 11.6 hrs |
More narrated by Abigail Reno
Abigail Reno narrates 164 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,749 hours in all.
About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf
4,288 Contemporary Women 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 Crumbly Old Castle is book 1 of B. E. Baker's Irish Escape series: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Abigail Reno, Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan, released May 11, 2025, on the Contemporary Women and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Abigail Reno, Jennifer Jill Araya, Gail Shalan
- Released
- May 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Drama
- Series
- The Irish Escape #1
- ISBN
- 9798318444265
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Crumbly Old Castle as an audiobook?
The Crumbly Old Castle runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.
Is The Crumbly Old Castle free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Crumbly Old Castle?
The Crumbly Old Castle is narrated by Abigail Reno, Jennifer Jill Araya and Gail Shalan.
Is The Crumbly Old Castle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.