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Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Neapolitan Novels series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay audiobook runs 16.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Hillary Huber (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay at common listening paces
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30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.8 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

273 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay is book 3 of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan Novels series: a 16.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Hillary Huber, released June 2, 2015, on the Coming of Age and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.8 hrs
Narrated by
Hillary Huber
Released
June 2, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Coming of Age, Literary Fiction
Series
The Neapolitan Novels #3
ISBN
9781483080628

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay audiobook?

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay runs 16.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is the Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay?

Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay is narrated by Hillary Huber.

Is Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.