The House of the Seven Gables: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The House of the Seven Gables runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark F. Smith (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark F. Smith
Mark F. Smith narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 620 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
9,444 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2026 recording read by Andrew Jackson runs 2.1 hours shorter (10.2 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 1.9 hours shorter (10.5 hours).
- The 2022 recording read by Rick Kisner runs 1.7 hours shorter (10.6 hours).
- The 2019 recording read by Philip Ray runs 1.4 hours shorter (11 hours).
- The 2019 recording read by Adam Sims runs 1.6 hours shorter (10.8 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
The House of the Seven Gables is an audiobook by Nathaniel Hawthorne: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark F. Smith, released January 1, 2016, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark F. Smith
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The House of the Seven Gables as an audiobook?
The House of the Seven Gables runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.
Is The House of the Seven Gables free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The House of the Seven Gables?
The House of the Seven Gables is narrated by Mark F. Smith.
Is The House of the Seven Gables worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.