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Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare by Stephen Greenblatt

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Peter J. Fernandez (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.4listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter J. Fernandez

Peter J. Fernandez narrates 88 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,014 hours in all.

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All Peter J. Fernandez audiobooks, measured

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

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare is an audiobook by Stephen Greenblatt: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter J. Fernandez, released March 10, 2008, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.4 hrs
Narrated by
Peter J. Fernandez
Released
March 10, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781449802851

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare audiobook?

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.

Is the Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare?

Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare is narrated by Peter J. Fernandez.

Is Will in the World: How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.