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The Glassblower by Petra Durst-Benning

The Glassblower: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Glassblower series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Glassblower runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Glassblower at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 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 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The Glassblower Trilogy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 40.8 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Glassblower15.3 hrs
2The American Lady14.5 hrs
3The Paradise of Glass10.9 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,388 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 Glassblower is book 1 of Petra Durst-Benning's Glassblower series: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Watson Heintz, released November 1, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
Kristin Watson Heintz
Released
November 1, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
Series
The Glassblower Trilogy #1
ISBN
9781491520826

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Glassblower as an audiobook?

The Glassblower runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Glassblower free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Glassblower?

The Glassblower is narrated by Kristin Watson Heintz.

Is The Glassblower worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.