The Girl in the Ragged Shawl: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Children of the Workhouse series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girl in the Ragged Shawl runs 9.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Antonia Beamish (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 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 9.3 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Children of the Workhouse
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 27.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Girl in the Ragged Shawl | 9.3 hrs |
| 2 | The Barefoot Child | 9.2 hrs |
| 3 | The Winter Orphan | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Antonia Beamish
Antonia Beamish narrates 193 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,003 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,860 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 Girl in the Ragged Shawl is book 1 of Cathy Sharp's Children of the Workhouse series: a 9.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Antonia Beamish, released October 18, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antonia Beamish
- Released
- October 18, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- The Children of the Workhouse #1
- ISBN
- 9780008286675
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Girl in the Ragged Shawl as an audiobook?
The Girl in the Ragged Shawl runs 9.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.
Is The Girl in the Ragged Shawl free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Girl in the Ragged Shawl?
The Girl in the Ragged Shawl is narrated by Antonia Beamish.