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The First Actress by C. W. Gortner

The First Actress: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Actress runs 16.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.3listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The First Actress at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,068 Historical (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 First Actress is an audiobook by C. W. Gortner: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gabrielle De Cuir, released May 26, 2020, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.3 hrs
Narrated by
Gabrielle De Cuir
Released
May 26, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9780593210857

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The First Actress as an audiobook?

The First Actress runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is The First Actress free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The First Actress?

The First Actress is narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.

Is The First Actress worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.