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Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life by Jonathan Bate

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life audiobook runs 23.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Mike Grady (about 15.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

23.6listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 23.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day48 days
1 hour / day24 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×16 days

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What our data says

  • At 23.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2015 recording read by Mike Grady runs 2 hours longer (25.6 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

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life is an audiobook by Jonathan Bate: a 23.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Mike Grady, released October 13, 2015, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
23.6 hrs
Narrated by
Mike Grady
Released
October 13, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9780062433855

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life audiobook?

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life runs 23.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.7 hours.

Is the Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life?

Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life is narrated by Mike Grady.

Is Ted Hughes: The Unauthorised Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.7 hours, saving 7.9 hours.