The Tale of Tales: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tale of Tales runs 18.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Damron and Dorothy Dillingham Blue and others (about 12.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 18.1 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Damron
Will Damron narrates 464 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,932 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
248 Classics (Literature) 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 Tale of Tales is an audiobook by Giambattista Basile: a 18.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Damron, Dorothy Dillingham Blue and Ann Marie Lee and others, released February 9, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Damron, Dorothy Dillingham Blue, Ann Marie Lee, Susan Denaker, Cassandra Campbell, Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- February 9, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9780451482099
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Tale of Tales as an audiobook?
The Tale of Tales runs 18.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.1 hours.
Is The Tale of Tales free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Tale of Tales?
The Tale of Tales is narrated by Will Damron, Dorothy Dillingham Blue, Ann Marie Lee and Susan Denaker and others.
Is The Tale of Tales worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.1 hours, saving 6 hours.