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The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass

The Widower's Tale: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Widower's Tale runs 17.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Bramhall (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Widower's Tale at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

536 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 Widower's Tale is an audiobook by Julia Glass: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Bramhall, released September 7, 2010, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.8 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Bramhall
Released
September 7, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780739383100

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Widower's Tale as an audiobook?

The Widower's Tale runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.

Is The Widower's Tale free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Widower's Tale?

The Widower's Tale is narrated by Mark Bramhall.

Is The Widower's Tale worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 5.9 hours.