La Bête Humaine: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the La Bête Humaine audiobook runs 15.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Leighton Pugh
Leighton Pugh narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,436 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
328 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
La Bête Humaine is an audiobook by Émile Zola: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released January 25, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leighton Pugh
- Released
- January 25, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781983553
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the La Bête Humaine audiobook?
La Bête Humaine runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the La Bête Humaine audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates La Bête Humaine?
La Bête Humaine is narrated by Leighton Pugh.
Is La Bête Humaine worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.2 hours.