The Pastor's Wife: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pastor's Wife runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James E. Carson (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by James E. Carson
James E. Carson narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 120 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
2,610 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Richard Burnip runs 1.4 hours shorter (15 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 Pastor's Wife is an audiobook by Elizabeth Von Arnim: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by James E. Carson, released January 1, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- James E. Carson
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pastor's Wife as an audiobook?
The Pastor's Wife runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Pastor's Wife free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pastor's Wife?
The Pastor's Wife is narrated by James E. Carson.
Is The Pastor's Wife worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.