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My Brilliant Friend: Audiobook

The My Brilliant Friend audiobook runs an estimated 9.9 hours (about 6.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.9est. listening hrs
3.8★45 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 9.9 hours of listening (estimated).

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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 56% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 15% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting and coming-of-age arcs: a solid week of commutes at 9.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

Now an HBO series: the first volume in the New York Times bestselling “enduring masterpiece” (The Atlantic) about a lifelong friendship between two women from Naples Beginning in the 1950s in a poor but vibrant neighborhood on the outskirts of Naples, Elena Ferrante’s four-volume story spans almost sixty years, as its main characters, the fiery and unforgettable Lila and the bookish narrator, Elena, become women, wives, mothers, and leaders, all the while maintaining a complex and at times conflicted friendship. This first novel in the series follows Lila and Elena from their fateful meeting as ten-year-olds through their school years and adolescence. Through the lives of these two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between two women.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the My Brilliant Friend audiobook?

My Brilliant Friend runs about 9.9 hours, our estimate from its 336 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.6 hours.

Is the My Brilliant Friend audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

When was My Brilliant Friend first published?

My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante was first published in 2011.