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The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection by Lynne Reid Banks

The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Lynne Seymour and Manning Wilson and others (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.2listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 6.2 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

828 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection is an audiobook by Lynne Reid Banks: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Lynne Seymour, Manning Wilson and Anne Rosenfeld and others, released December 9, 2021, on the Contemporary Women shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.2 hrs
Narrated by
Lynne Seymour, Manning Wilson, Anne Rosenfeld, Sian Philips, Rachel Atkins, John McAndrew
Released
December 9, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women
ISBN
9781529143645

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection as an audiobook?

The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.

Is The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection?

The L-Shaped Room, Backward Shadow & other stories: A BBC Radio 4 drama collection is narrated by Lynne Seymour, Manning Wilson, Anne Rosenfeld and Sian Philips and others.