The Hired Girl: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Hired Girl runs an estimated 11.8 hours (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 11.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 11.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 58% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 11.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
“Schlitz has crafted another exquisite literary gem, one told entirely via Joan’s vivid, humorous, and emotionally resonant diary entries.”— Publishers Weekly (starred review) Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor Book, Fiction (Winner) • National Jewish Book Award (Winner) • California Young Reader Medal (Nominated) • L.A. Times Book Prize (Nominated) • Sydney Taylor Book Award (Winner) • Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction (Winner) Fourteen-year-old Joan Skraggs, just like the heroines in her beloved novels, yearns for real life and true love. Over the summer of 1911, Joan pours her heart and her hope out into her diary—because maybe, just maybe, a hired girl cleaning and cooking for six dollars a week can become what a farm girl could only dream of: a woman with a future. Newbery Medalist Laura Amy Schlitz brings her delicious wit and keen eye to early twentieth-century America in a moving yet comedic tour de force.
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How long is The Hired Girl as an audiobook?
The Hired Girl runs about 11.8 hours, our estimate from its 400 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.
Can I listen to The Hired Girl free?
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Is The Hired Girl worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Hired Girl first published?
The Hired Girl by Laura Amy Schlitz was first published in 2015.
