The Return of the Dancing Master: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return of the Dancing Master runs 13.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 28 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 80% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
2,181 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Before We Were Yours
- The Women
- The Giver of Stars: Reese's Book Club
- Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
- The Invention of Wings
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 Return of the Dancing Master is an audiobook by Henning Mankell: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released October 7, 2008, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- October 7, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781483057972
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Return of the Dancing Master as an audiobook?
The Return of the Dancing Master runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.
Is The Return of the Dancing Master free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Return of the Dancing Master?
The Return of the Dancing Master is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Return of the Dancing Master worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.