Against Nature (Against the Grain): Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Against Nature (Against the Grain) audiobook runs 7.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Nicholas Boulton (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Nicholas Boulton
Nicholas Boulton narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,176 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,290 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
Against Nature (Against the Grain) is an audiobook by Joris-Karl Huysmans: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Boulton, released February 8, 2017, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicholas Boulton
- Released
- February 8, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature), Religious Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781004133055
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Against Nature (Against the Grain) audiobook?
Against Nature (Against the Grain) runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is the Against Nature (Against the Grain) audiobook free?
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Who narrates Against Nature (Against the Grain)?
Against Nature (Against the Grain) is narrated by Nicholas Boulton.