South: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the South audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Rupert Degas (about 10.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rupert Degas
Rupert Degas narrates 113 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,057 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
321 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2006 recording read by Geoffrey Howard runs 3.3 hours shorter (12.5 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
South is an audiobook by Ernest Shackleton: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Rupert Degas, released October 28, 2019, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rupert Degas
- Released
- October 28, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781982464
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the South audiobook?
South runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.6 hours.
Is the South audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates South?
South is narrated by Rupert Degas.
Is South worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.6 hours, saving 5.3 hours.