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Father Goriot by Honoré De Balzac

Father Goriot: Audiobook

by Honoré De Balzac · narrated by Bill Homewood · unabridged · 2018

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Father Goriot audiobook runs 12 hours unabridged, narrated by Bill Homewood (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2018released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12 hours of listening.

Days to finish Father Goriot at common listening paces
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30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days
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What our data says

  • At 12 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Bill Homewood

Bill Homewood narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 173 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

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

Other recordings

  • The 2017 recording read by Sean Murphy runs 0.7 hours shorter (11.4 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 2.3 hours shorter (9.8 hours).
  • The 2018 recording read by Josh Ryan runs 0.7 hours shorter (11.4 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

Father Goriot is an audiobook by Honoré De Balzac: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Homewood, released October 12, 2018, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12 hrs
Narrated by
Bill Homewood
Released
October 12, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781781981696

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Father Goriot audiobook?

Father Goriot runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.

Is the Father Goriot audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Father Goriot?

Father Goriot is narrated by Bill Homewood.

Is Father Goriot worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.