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Farewell by Honore de Balzac

Farewell: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Farewell audiobook runs 2.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Martin Geeson (about 1.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.5listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Farewell at common listening paces
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30 min / day5 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Farewell is an audiobook by Honore de Balzac: a 2.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Martin Geeson, released January 1, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.5 hrs
Narrated by
Martin Geeson
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Farewell audiobook?

Farewell runs 2.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.7 hours.

Is the Farewell audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Farewell?

Farewell is narrated by Martin Geeson.