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The Thursday Friend by Catherine Cookson

The Thursday Friend: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Thursday Friend runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sophie Roberts (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,261 Historical (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 Thursday Friend is an audiobook by Catherine Cookson: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sophie Roberts, released February 14, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Sophie Roberts
Released
February 14, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781528852319

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Thursday Friend as an audiobook?

The Thursday Friend runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is The Thursday Friend free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Thursday Friend?

The Thursday Friend is narrated by Sophie Roberts.