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The Nightingale Girls by Donna Douglas

The Nightingale Girls: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Nightingale Girls series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nightingale Girls runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Penelope Freeman (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.5listening hrs
Dramastore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Nightingale Girls at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Nightingale Girls

This is book 1. Books 1 to 11 run 132.5 hours in all.

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 Nightingale Girls is book 1 of Donna Douglas's Nightingale Girls series: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Freeman, released January 1, 2013, on the Drama shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.5 hrs
Narrated by
Penelope Freeman
Released
January 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama
Series
Nightingale Girls #1
ISBN
9781407936260

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Nightingale Girls as an audiobook?

The Nightingale Girls runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is The Nightingale Girls free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Nightingale Girls?

The Nightingale Girls is narrated by Penelope Freeman.

Is The Nightingale Girls worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.