The Practical Heart: Four Novellas: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Practical Heart: Four Novellas runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Dan Cashman (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Dan Cashman
Dan Cashman narrates 16 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 161 hours in all.
About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
90 Short Stories 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 Practical Heart: Four Novellas is an audiobook by Allan Gurganus: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Dan Cashman, released August 27, 2003, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Dan Cashman
- Released
- August 27, 2003
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781415911587
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Practical Heart: Four Novellas as an audiobook?
The Practical Heart: Four Novellas runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is The Practical Heart: Four Novellas free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Practical Heart: Four Novellas?
The Practical Heart: Four Novellas is narrated by Dan Cashman.
Is The Practical Heart: Four Novellas worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.