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Shakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare

Shakespeare's Sonnets: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shakespeare's Sonnets audiobook runs 2.7 hours unabridged, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 1.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.7listening hrs
Poetrystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Shakespeare's Sonnets at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 2.7 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2005 recording read by Simon Callow runs 0.4 hours shorter (2.3 hours).

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

Shakespeare's Sonnets is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.7-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Poetry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.7 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Poetry

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Shakespeare's Sonnets audiobook?

Shakespeare's Sonnets runs 2.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.8 hours.

Is the Shakespeare's Sonnets audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Shakespeare's Sonnets?

Shakespeare's Sonnets is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.