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The Story of Land and Sea by Katy Simpson Smith

The Story of Land and Sea: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of Land and Sea runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Story of Land and Sea at common listening paces
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30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,073 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 Story of Land and Sea is an audiobook by Katy Simpson Smith: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released January 29, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
January 29, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Westerns & War
ISBN
9780008102104

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Story of Land and Sea as an audiobook?

The Story of Land and Sea runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Story of Land and Sea free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Story of Land and Sea?

The Story of Land and Sea is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.