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The Elephant Keepers’ Children by Peter Høeg

The Elephant Keepers’ Children: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Elephant Keepers’ Children runs 13.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Elephant Keepers’ Children at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,520 Literary Fiction 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 Elephant Keepers’ Children is an audiobook by Peter Høeg: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released October 23, 2012, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.8 hrs
Narrated by
Kirby Heyborne
Released
October 23, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781483068589

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Elephant Keepers’ Children as an audiobook?

The Elephant Keepers’ Children runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is The Elephant Keepers’ Children free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Elephant Keepers’ Children?

The Elephant Keepers’ Children is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.

Is The Elephant Keepers’ Children worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.