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The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One by Gordon McAlpine

The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One runs 3.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Arte Johnson (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.2listening hrs
Mystery & Fantasystore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.2 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 7,923 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Mystery & Fantasy shelf

431 Mystery & Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One is book 1 of Gordon McAlpine's Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe series: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Arte Johnson, released January 15, 2013, on the Mystery & Fantasy and Humor shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.2 hrs
Narrated by
Arte Johnson
Released
January 15, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Mystery & Fantasy, Humor
Series
The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe #1
ISBN
9780385368070

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One as an audiobook?

The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.

Is The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One?

The Tell-Tale Start: The Misadventures of Edgar & Allan Poe, Book One is narrated by Arte Johnson.