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The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare

The Merry Wives of Windsor: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Merry Wives of Windsor runs 2.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.5listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Merry Wives of Windsor at common listening paces
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30 min / day5 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.5 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

153 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2023 recording read by Susan Bones and Zacharias Prewett runs 0.3 hours longer (2.8 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by full cast and Peter Orr runs 0.2 hours shorter (2.3 hours).
  • The 2011 recording read by Sir Anthony Quayle runs 0.2 hours shorter (2.3 hours).
  • The 2005 recording read by a full cast and Nicholas Woodeson runs 0.2 hours shorter (2.2 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 Merry Wives of Windsor is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.5 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Merry Wives of Windsor as an audiobook?

The Merry Wives of Windsor runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.

Is The Merry Wives of Windsor free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Merry Wives of Windsor?

The Merry Wives of Windsor is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.