A Gay and Melancholy Sound: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Gay and Melancholy Sound runs 21 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeff Cummings (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 21 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jeff Cummings
Jeff Cummings narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,370 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
274 Literary Fiction 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
A Gay and Melancholy Sound is an audiobook by Merle Miller: a 21-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Cummings, released April 3, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeff Cummings
- Released
- April 3, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781455886081
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Gay and Melancholy Sound as an audiobook?
A Gay and Melancholy Sound runs 21 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is A Gay and Melancholy Sound free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Gay and Melancholy Sound?
A Gay and Melancholy Sound is narrated by Jeff Cummings.
Is A Gay and Melancholy Sound worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.