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Thursday’s Child by Helen Forrester

Thursday’s Child: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Thursday’s Child audiobook runs 10.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Laura Brydon (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.4listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Thursday’s Child at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.4 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,570 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

Thursday’s Child is an audiobook by Helen Forrester: a 10.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Laura Brydon, released November 10, 2022, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.4 hrs
Narrated by
Laura Brydon
Released
November 10, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
ISBN
9780008545161

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Thursday’s Child audiobook?

Thursday’s Child runs 10.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Thursday’s Child audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Thursday’s Child?

Thursday’s Child is narrated by Laura Brydon.

Is Thursday’s Child worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.