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The Ponder Heart by Eudora Welty

The Ponder Heart: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Ponder Heart runs 4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sally Darling (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Ponder Heart at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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

What our data says

  • At 4 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Sally Darling

Sally Darling narrates 21 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 211 hours in all.

All Sally Darling audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

1,553 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 Ponder Heart is an audiobook by Eudora Welty: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Sally Darling, released September 23, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4 hrs
Narrated by
Sally Darling
Released
September 23, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781456125073

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Ponder Heart as an audiobook?

The Ponder Heart runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.

Is The Ponder Heart free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Ponder Heart?

The Ponder Heart is narrated by Sally Darling.