While the Music Plays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the While the Music Plays audiobook runs 17.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Anna Fields (about 11.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.9 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Anna Fields
Anna Fields narrates 132 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,439 hours in all.
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- A Beautiful Mind: The Life of Mathematical Genius and Nobel Laureate John Nash
- Sweetwater Creek
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About as long, on the The Americas shelf
440 The Americas 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
While the Music Plays is an audiobook by Diane Austell: a 17.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Fields, released September 29, 2009, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Anna Fields
- Released
- September 29, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781483069166
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the While the Music Plays audiobook?
While the Music Plays runs 17.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.9 hours.
Is the While the Music Plays audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates While the Music Plays?
While the Music Plays is narrated by Anna Fields.
Is While the Music Plays worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.9 hours, saving 6 hours.