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The Prairie by James Fenimore Cooper

The Prairie: Audiobook

Book 1827 of the Leatherstocking Tales series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Prairie runs 14.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Noah Waterman (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.9listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Prairie at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.9 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,581 Historical (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 Prairie is book 1827 of James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales series: a 14.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Noah Waterman, released January 1, 2006, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.9 hrs
Narrated by
Noah Waterman
Released
January 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature)
Series
The Leatherstocking Tales #1827
ISBN
9781483068909

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Prairie as an audiobook?

The Prairie runs 14.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Is The Prairie free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Prairie?

The Prairie is narrated by Noah Waterman.

Is The Prairie worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 5 hours.