A Long Day in a Short Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Long Day in a Short Life runs 14.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rupert Degas (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rupert Degas
Rupert Degas narrates 113 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,057 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
311 Classics (Literature) 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 Long Day in a Short Life is an audiobook by Albert Maltz: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Degas, released April 14, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rupert Degas
- Released
- April 14, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781985120
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Long Day in a Short Life as an audiobook?
A Long Day in a Short Life runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is A Long Day in a Short Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Long Day in a Short Life?
A Long Day in a Short Life is narrated by Rupert Degas.
Is A Long Day in a Short Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.