The Orphans of Halfpenny Street: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Halfpenny Orphans series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Orphans of Halfpenny Street runs 14.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Antonia Beamish (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Halfpenny Orphans
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 51.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Orphans of Halfpenny Street | 14.4 hrs |
| 2 | The Little Runaways | 13.5 hrs |
| 3 | Christmas for the Halfpenny Orphans | 12.4 hrs |
| 4 | The Boy with the Latch Key | 11.3 hrs |
More narrated by Antonia Beamish
Antonia Beamish narrates 193 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,003 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
1,814 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Four Winds
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- The Alice Network
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 Orphans of Halfpenny Street is book 1 of Cathy Sharp's Halfpenny Orphans series: a 14.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Antonia Beamish, released September 10, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Antonia Beamish
- Released
- September 10, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- Halfpenny Orphans #1
- ISBN
- 9780008118464
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Orphans of Halfpenny Street as an audiobook?
The Orphans of Halfpenny Street runs 14.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.
Is The Orphans of Halfpenny Street free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Orphans of Halfpenny Street?
The Orphans of Halfpenny Street is narrated by Antonia Beamish.
Is The Orphans of Halfpenny Street worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.