What Happened to the Thistle: Audiobook
Part of Andersen's Fairy Tales
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What Happened to the Thistle audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Emma Fenney (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 37,584 Kids audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Emma Fenney
Emma Fenney narrates 65 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 638 hours in all.
About as long, on the Kids shelf
604 Kids 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
What Happened to the Thistle is an audiobook by Hans Christian Andersen: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Emma Fenney, released June 27, 2017, on the Kids shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Emma Fenney
- Released
- June 27, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Kids
- Series
- Andersen's Fairy Tales
- ISBN
- 9781666607192
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the What Happened to the Thistle audiobook?
What Happened to the Thistle runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.
Is the What Happened to the Thistle audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates What Happened to the Thistle?
What Happened to the Thistle is narrated by Emma Fenney.
Is What Happened to the Thistle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.