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Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake

Gormenghast: Audiobook

by Mervyn Peake · narrated by Rupert Degas · unabridged · 2011

Book 2 of the Gormenghast series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Gormenghast audiobook runs 4.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Rupert Degas (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2011released
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What our data says

  • At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 51% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Rupert Degas

Rupert Degas narrates 113 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,057 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

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

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Saul Reichlin runs 18.1 hours longer (23 hours).
  • The 2011 recording read by Simon Vance runs 13.5 hours longer (18.3 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

Gormenghast is book 2 of Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast series: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Degas, released April 11, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.9 hrs
Narrated by
Rupert Degas
Released
April 11, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
Series
Gormenghast Trilogy #2
ISBN
9781843795391

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Gormenghast audiobook?

Gormenghast runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.

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Who narrates Gormenghast?

Gormenghast is narrated by Rupert Degas.