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The Tunnel: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Tunnel runs an estimated 4.5 hours (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.5est. listening hrs
4.1★38 ratings
Mysterygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 4.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Tunnel at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

What our data says

  • At 4.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 87% of the mystery audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 48% shorter than the average mystery audiobook (8.6 hrs across 582 titles in our dataset).

Computed from mystery audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for mystery listeners: a weekend-size listen at 4.5 hours (estimated).

About the book

Juan Pablo Castel is a tormented and insane painter who falls for Maria, a woman he meets at an art exhibition. She is married to a blind man -the subject of Sabato and Saramago's obsession- and has a house in the countryside. She is also the mistress of her own cousin. Castel discovers this and goes mad with jealousy. We have no way to know the truth, because everything in the novel happens inside Castel's mind.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Tunnel as an audiobook?

The Tunnel runs about 4.5 hours, our estimate from its 151 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.

Is The Tunnel free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Tunnel first published?

The Tunnel by Ernesto Sabato was first published in 1948.