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The Prairie - A Tale by James Fenimore Cooper

The Prairie - A Tale: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Prairie - A Tale runs 15.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by William Peck (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.8listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Prairie - A Tale at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

324 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 0.2 hours longer (16.1 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 Prairie - A Tale is an audiobook by James Fenimore Cooper: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by William Peck, released September 7, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.8 hrs
Narrated by
William Peck
Released
September 7, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Prairie - A Tale as an audiobook?

The Prairie - A Tale runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.

Is The Prairie - A Tale free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Prairie - A Tale?

The Prairie - A Tale is narrated by William Peck.

Is The Prairie - A Tale worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.