The Man Who Loved Children: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man Who Loved Children runs 19.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by C. M. Hébert (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.4 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by C. M. Hébert
C. M. Hébert narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 148 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
392 Literary 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 Man Who Loved Children is an audiobook by Christina Stead: a 19.4-hour unabridged recording, read by C. M. Hébert, released January 5, 2010, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- C. M. Hébert
- Released
- January 5, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781483069029
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Man Who Loved Children as an audiobook?
The Man Who Loved Children runs 19.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.
Is The Man Who Loved Children free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Man Who Loved Children?
The Man Who Loved Children is narrated by C. M. Hébert.
Is The Man Who Loved Children worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.