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Cover of The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl

The Magic Finger: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Magic Finger runs an estimated 1.9 hours (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.9est. listening hrs
4.0★30 ratings
Fantasygenre
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The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 1.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Magic Finger at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

What our data says

  • At 1.9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 98% of the fantasy audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 83% shorter than the average fantasy audiobook (11 hrs across 1861 titles in our dataset).

Computed from fantasy audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for fantasy listeners who want magic systems: a weekend-size listen at 1.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG comes the story of a young girl with an incredible power! To the Gregg family, hunting is just plain fun. To the girl who lives next door, it's just plain horrible. She tries to be polite. She tries to talk them out of it, but the Greggs only laugh at her. Then one day the Greggs go too far, and the little girl turns her Magic Finger on them. When she's very, very angry, the little girl's Magic Finger takes over. She really can’t control it, and now it's turned the Greggs into birds! Before they know it, the Greggs are living in a nest, and that's just the beginning of their problems….

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Magic Finger as an audiobook?

The Magic Finger runs about 1.9 hours, our estimate from its 64 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

Can I listen to The Magic Finger free?

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When was The Magic Finger first published?

The Magic Finger by Roald Dahl was first published in 1966.