There Was a Time for Such a Word: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the There Was a Time for Such a Word audiobook runs 6.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.7 hours, it is shorter than 85% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
836 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
There Was a Time for Such a Word is an audiobook by Gianni Solla: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released November 11, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edoardo Ballerini
- Released
- November 11, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age
- ISBN
- 9780063336186
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How long is the There Was a Time for Such a Word audiobook?
There Was a Time for Such a Word runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is the There Was a Time for Such a Word audiobook free?
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Who narrates There Was a Time for Such a Word?
There Was a Time for Such a Word is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.