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Young Wives’ Tales by Adele Parks

Young Wives’ Tales: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Young Wives’ Tales audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Arthur McBain and Antonia Desplat and others (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.4listening hrs
Contemporary Womenstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Young Wives’ Tales at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 13,058 Contemporary Women audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Contemporary Women shelf

1,479 Contemporary Women 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

Young Wives’ Tales is an audiobook by Adele Parks: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Arthur McBain, Antonia Desplat and Cassidy Janson, released August 8, 2022, on the Suspense and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.4 hrs
Narrated by
Arthur McBain, Antonia Desplat, Cassidy Janson
Released
August 8, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Contemporary Women, Drama
ISBN
9780008440008

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Young Wives’ Tales audiobook?

Young Wives’ Tales runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is the Young Wives’ Tales audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Young Wives’ Tales?

Young Wives’ Tales is narrated by Arthur McBain, Antonia Desplat and Cassidy Janson.

Is Young Wives’ Tales worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.