Sample · Historical Fiction, War, Drama

Listen to The Nightingale

A short excerpt from The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah, narrated by Layla. Try other narrators below, then bring your own DRM-free copy to hear the whole book.
Narrated by
Layla
Refined, composed British female voice, ideal for audiobooks, documentary, and narration.
“If I have learned anything in this long life of mine, it is this: In love we find out who we want to be; in war we find out who we are. Today’s young people want to know everything about everyone.”

About this sample

The epigraph about love and war asks for restraint. Layla reads it refined and composed, letting the sentence do the work.
The excerpt is the book’s opening passage, a few sentences long, generated with the same narration pipeline the app uses for whole books. Every narrator you can pick above is available for your own files, in this and 40+ other languages.

How to listen to all of The Nightingale

1.
Get a DRM-free ebook of The Nightingale (see the guide on where to find DRM-free ebooks; store purchases with DRM cannot be opened).
2.
Drop the file above or open Book2Speech and choose it. Chapters are detected and front matter is skipped.
3.
Pick Layla or any other narrator and press play. The narration streams within seconds and your position syncs to the iPhone app.

What this page is not

Book2Speech does not sell or distribute audiobooks of The Nightingale; the rights belong to the author and publisher. This page demonstrates how the narrator sounds on a well-known text. To listen to the book you need your own copy.

Questions people ask

Can I download an audiobook of The Nightingale here?

No. Book2Speech narrates files you own; it does not provide the book itself.

Can I use a different narrator?

Yes. Tap any voice above to hear the same passage; 260+ narrators are available for your own books.

Is the sample the real product?

Yes. It was generated by the same pipeline that narrates whole books in the app.
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