The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story): Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story) runs 1.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard E. Grant and Derek Jacobi (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 1.9 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Richard E. Grant
Richard E. Grant narrates 38 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 271 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Short Stories shelf
160 Short Stories 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 Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story) is an audiobook by Roald Dahl: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard E. Grant and Derek Jacobi, released September 13, 2012, on the Short Stories shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Richard E. Grant, Derek Jacobi
- Released
- September 13, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9780718177850
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story) as an audiobook?
The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story) runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
Is The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story) free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story)?
The Visitor (A Roald Dahl Short Story) is narrated by Richard E. Grant and Derek Jacobi.