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The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World by Lewis Hyde

The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World runs 13.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stephen Bowlby (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.6listening hrs
Self-Developmentstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World 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 13.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 26,666 Self-Development audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World is an audiobook by Lewis Hyde: a 13.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Bowlby, released March 15, 2022, on the Self-Development shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.6 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Bowlby
Released
March 15, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Self-Development
ISBN
9798200884285

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World as an audiobook?

The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World runs 13.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World?

The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World is narrated by Stephen Bowlby.

Is The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.5 hours.