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Cousin Bette by Honoré De Balzac

Cousin Bette: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cousin Bette audiobook runs 16.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Lucy Scott (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.1listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Cousin Bette at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.1 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

317 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2013 recording read by Paul Hecht runs 2.9 hours longer (18.9 hours).
  • The 2006 recording read by Johanna Ward runs 0.4 hours longer (16.5 hours).

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

Cousin Bette is an audiobook by Honoré De Balzac: a 16.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Scott, released April 1, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.1 hrs
Narrated by
Lucy Scott
Released
April 1, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781781983188

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Cousin Bette audiobook?

Cousin Bette runs 16.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the Cousin Bette audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Cousin Bette?

Cousin Bette is narrated by Lucy Scott.

Is Cousin Bette worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.4 hours.