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The Stranger's Child by Alan Hollinghurst

The Stranger's Child: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Stranger's Child runs 19.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Daniel Wilson (about 13.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.9 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

353 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 Stranger's Child is an audiobook by Alan Hollinghurst: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by James Daniel Wilson, released October 11, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.9 hrs
Narrated by
James Daniel Wilson
Released
October 11, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780307966599

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Stranger's Child as an audiobook?

The Stranger's Child runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.2 hours.

Is The Stranger's Child free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Stranger's Child?

The Stranger's Child is narrated by James Daniel Wilson.

Is The Stranger's Child worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.2 hours, saving 6.6 hours.