Purgatorio: Audiobook
Book 2 of the Divine Comedy series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Purgatorio audiobook runs 3.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Charles Armstrong (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.9 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Divine Comedy
This is book 2. Book 1 runs 4 hours before it; books 1 to 2 run 8 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Inferno | 4 hrs |
| 2 | Purgatorio | 3.9 hrs |
More narrated by Charles Armstrong
Charles Armstrong narrates 111 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,099 hours in all.
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
106 Poetry 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
Purgatorio is book 2 of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy series: a 3.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Armstrong, released June 26, 2018, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charles Armstrong
- Released
- June 26, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
- Series
- Divine Comedy #2
- ISBN
- 9781666600452
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Purgatorio audiobook?
Purgatorio runs 3.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.
Is the Purgatorio audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Purgatorio?
Purgatorio is narrated by Charles Armstrong.