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The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa by Alexander McCall Smith

The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa runs 4.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Danai Gurira and Nyambi Nyambi and others (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.4listening hrs
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 4.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa at common listening paces
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30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 3,723 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf

176 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) 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 Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa is an audiobook by Alexander McCall Smith: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Danai Gurira, Nyambi Nyambi and Lisette Lecat and others, released February 21, 2008, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.4 hrs
Narrated by
Danai Gurira, Nyambi Nyambi, Lisette Lecat, Steven Crossley, Davina Porter
Released
February 21, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
ISBN
9781440795558

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa as an audiobook?

The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.

Is The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa?

The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa is narrated by Danai Gurira, Nyambi Nyambi, Lisette Lecat and Steven Crossley and others.