How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City audiobook runs 9.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Patricia Rodriguez (about 6.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patricia Rodriguez
Patricia Rodriguez narrates 91 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 621 hours in all.
About as long, on the Europe shelf
399 Europe audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City is an audiobook by Joan DeJean: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Patricia Rodriguez, released July 21, 2026, on the Europe and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patricia Rodriguez
- Released
- July 21, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Europe, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781639739677
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City audiobook?
How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.1 hours.
Is the How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City audiobook free?
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Who narrates How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City?
How Paris Became Paris: The Invention of the Modern City is narrated by Patricia Rodriguez.