Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Pratt (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
4,000 Biography & Memoir 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
Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick is an audiobook by Michael Shelden: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Pratt, released June 15, 2016, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sean Pratt
- Released
- June 15, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781515977858
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick audiobook?
Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.
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Who narrates Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick?
Melville in Love: The Secret Life of Herman Melville and the Muse of Moby-dick is narrated by Sean Pratt.