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The Spectator Bird by Wallace Stegner

The Spectator Bird: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Spectator Bird runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edward Herrmann (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Spectator Bird at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,266 Literary 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 Spectator Bird is an audiobook by Wallace Stegner: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Edward Herrmann, released September 9, 2009, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.9 hrs
Narrated by
Edward Herrmann
Released
September 9, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781481569354

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Spectator Bird as an audiobook?

The Spectator Bird runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.

Is The Spectator Bird free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Spectator Bird?

The Spectator Bird is narrated by Edward Herrmann.