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The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather

The Song of the Lark: Audiobook

Book 2 of the Prairie series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Song of the Lark runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Carrington Macduffie (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Historical (Teen & YA)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Song of the Lark at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 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 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 824 Historical (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Teen & YA) shelf

25 Historical (Teen & YA) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2008 recording read by Barbara Caruso runs 0.1 hours longer (15.4 hours).
  • The 2010 recording read by Pam Ward runs 0.8 hours longer (16.1 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by James Harrington runs 1.4 hours shorter (13.8 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Laurel Lefkow runs 2.3 hours longer (17.6 hours).
  • The 2012 recording read by Christine Williams runs 0.5 hours shorter (14.8 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 Song of the Lark is book 2 of Willa Cather's Prairie series: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Carrington Macduffie, released November 27, 2018, on the Historical (Teen & YA) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
Carrington Macduffie
Released
November 27, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Teen & YA)
Series
The Prairie Trilogy #2
ISBN
9781666570649

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Song of the Lark as an audiobook?

The Song of the Lark runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Song of the Lark free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Song of the Lark?

The Song of the Lark is narrated by Carrington Macduffie.

Is The Song of the Lark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.