The Prelude: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Prelude runs 6.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andrew Riches and Nicholas Farrell and others (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 6.9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nicholas Farrell
Nicholas Farrell narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 92 hours in all.
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
50 Poetry 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 Prelude is an audiobook by William Wordsworth: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Riches, Nicholas Farrell and Neville Jason, released June 4, 2013, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Riches, Nicholas Farrell, Neville Jason
- Released
- June 4, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 9781843797340
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Prelude as an audiobook?
The Prelude runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
Is The Prelude free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Prelude?
The Prelude is narrated by Andrew Riches, Nicholas Farrell and Neville Jason.