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The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean by Alexander McCall Smith

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Harriet Bean series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charlotte Parry (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2listening hrs
Kidsstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Harriet Bean

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 4.4 hours in all.

More narrated by Charlotte Parry

Charlotte Parry narrates 37 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 337 hours in all.

All Charlotte Parry audiobooks, measured

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 Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean is book 1 of Alexander McCall Smith's Harriet Bean series: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlotte Parry, released July 28, 2008, on the Kids shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Charlotte Parry
Released
July 28, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Kids
Series
Harriet Bean #1
ISBN
9781436145169

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean as an audiobook?

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.

Is The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean?

The Five Lost Aunts of Harriet Bean is narrated by Charlotte Parry.