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The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor by Gabriel García Márquez

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor runs 3.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gary Tiedemann (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.2listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is an audiobook by Gabriel García Márquez: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gary Tiedemann, released December 21, 2021, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.2 hrs
Narrated by
Gary Tiedemann
Released
December 21, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781665039895

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor as an audiobook?

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.

Is The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor?

The Story of a Shipwrecked Sailor is narrated by Gary Tiedemann.