The Pelican Child: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pelican Child: Stories runs 4.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Pirhalla and Cynthia Farrell and others (about 2.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.2 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Pirhalla
John Pirhalla narrates 206 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,999 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
475 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 Pelican Child: Stories is an audiobook by Joy Williams: a 4.2-hour unabridged recording, read by John Pirhalla, Cynthia Farrell and Roger Wayne and others, released November 18, 2025, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Pirhalla, Cynthia Farrell, Roger Wayne, Xe Sands
- Released
- November 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Drama, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9798217165674
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pelican Child: Stories as an audiobook?
The Pelican Child: Stories runs 4.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.8 hours.
Is The Pelican Child: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pelican Child: Stories?
The Pelican Child: Stories is narrated by John Pirhalla, Cynthia Farrell, Roger Wayne and Xe Sands.