The Winter's Tale: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Winter's Tale runs 2.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 2.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 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 2.9 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
215 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2020 recording read by Denis McCarthy and full cast runs 0.3 hours shorter (2.6 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Various Readers runs 0.2 hours shorter (2.8 hours).
- The 2006 recording read by a full cast and Sinead Cusack runs about the same length (2.9 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by XYZ Voices runs about the same length (3 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Dame Peggy Ashcroft and Sir John Gielgud runs about the same length (2.9 hours).
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 Winter's Tale is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.9-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- LibriVox Volunteers
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
How to listen to The Winter's Tale free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Winter's Tale as an audiobook?
The Winter's Tale runs 2.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.
Is The Winter's Tale free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Winter's Tale?
The Winter's Tale is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.