Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity audiobook runs 9.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joseph Ayre and Paul Mcgann and others (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.5 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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Joseph Ayre narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 108 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
3,026 Historical (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
Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity is an audiobook by Oscar Wilde: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Ayre, Paul Mcgann and Alistair Mcgowan and others, released January 28, 2021, on the Historical (Fiction) and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joseph Ayre, Paul Mcgann, Alistair Mcgowan, Mathew Baynton, Max Bennett, Miranda Raison
- Released
- January 28, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature), Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781529141153
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity audiobook?
Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.
Is the Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity?
Born to be Wilde: Plays, stories and the making of a modern celebrity is narrated by Joseph Ayre, Paul Mcgann, Alistair Mcgowan and Mathew Baynton and others.