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Wailing Well by M.R. James

Wailing Well: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wailing Well audiobook runs 0.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter Coates (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.4listening hrs
Horrorstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 5,506 Horror audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Cathy Dobson runs about the same length (0.4 hours).
  • The 2010 recording read by David Collings runs about the same length (0.4 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

Wailing Well is an audiobook by M.R. James: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Coates, released May 12, 2025, on the Horror shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.4 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Coates
Released
May 12, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Horror
ISBN
4069828418721

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Wailing Well audiobook?

Wailing Well runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.

Is the Wailing Well audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Wailing Well?

Wailing Well is narrated by Peter Coates.