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The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen

The Nightingale: Audiobook

by Hans Christian Andersen · narrated by Clare Staniforth · unabridged · 2025

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nightingale runs 0.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Clare Staniforth (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.4listening hrs
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)store shelf
2025released
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What our data says

  • At 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 3,723 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Clare Staniforth

Clare Staniforth narrates 60 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 265 hours in all.

All Clare Staniforth audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf

46 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2022 recording read by Olga Makina runs 0.3 hours shorter (0.1 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Grace Gordon runs 0.2 hours shorter (0.2 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Michael Ball runs 0.3 hours shorter (0.1 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Alex Lehman runs 11.9 hours longer (12.3 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 Nightingale is an audiobook by Hans Christian Andersen: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Clare Staniforth, released April 17, 2025, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) and Classics (Kids) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.4 hrs
Narrated by
Clare Staniforth
Released
April 17, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature), Classics (Kids)
ISBN
9798318014758

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Nightingale as an audiobook?

The Nightingale runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.

Is The Nightingale free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Nightingale?

The Nightingale is narrated by Clare Staniforth.