Shame and the Captives: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shame and the Captives audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Heather Bolton and Paul English (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Paul English
Paul English narrates 10 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 94 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,097 Literary Fiction 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
Shame and the Captives is an audiobook by Thomas Keneally: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Heather Bolton and Paul English, released February 24, 2015, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Heather Bolton, Paul English
- Released
- February 24, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781442376564
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Shame and the Captives audiobook?
Shame and the Captives runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the Shame and the Captives audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Shame and the Captives?
Shame and the Captives is narrated by Heather Bolton and Paul English.
Is Shame and the Captives worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.