Cry, The Beloved Country: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Cry, The Beloved Country audiobook runs 9.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael York (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 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 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael York
Michael York narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 159 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,025 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
Cry, The Beloved Country is an audiobook by Alan Paton: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael York, released May 1, 2008, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael York
- Released
- May 1, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781481583084
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Cry, The Beloved Country audiobook?
Cry, The Beloved Country runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Cry, The Beloved Country audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Cry, The Beloved Country?
Cry, The Beloved Country is narrated by Michael York.