The Happy Prince and Other Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Happy Prince and Other Stories runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Jones (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Jones
Simon Jones narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 396 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
449 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2018 recording read by Gerry O'Brien runs 5.8 hours shorter (1.7 hours).
- The 2010 recording read by John Moffatt runs 4.4 hours shorter (3.1 hours).
- The 2020 recording read by Simon Hester runs 5.6 hours shorter (1.9 hours).
- The 2017 recording read by Johanna Ward runs 2.2 hours shorter (5.3 hours).
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 Happy Prince and Other Stories is an audiobook by Oscar Wilde: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Jones, released November 5, 2020, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Jones
- Released
- November 5, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781662150326
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Happy Prince and Other Stories as an audiobook?
The Happy Prince and Other Stories runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Happy Prince and Other Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Happy Prince and Other Stories?
The Happy Prince and Other Stories is narrated by Simon Jones.