Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe audiobook runs 7.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.2 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir
Gabrielle De Cuir narrates 310 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,435 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
3,930 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
Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe is an audiobook by Emily Ogden: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gabrielle De Cuir, released October 1, 2026, on the Literature and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gabrielle De Cuir
- Released
- October 1, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781037408298
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How long is the Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe audiobook?
Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
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Who narrates Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe?
Darkness Becomes Bright: The Haunted Life (and Afterlife) of Edgar Allan Poe is narrated by Gabrielle De Cuir.