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The Austere Academy: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Austere Academy runs an estimated 6.9 hours (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9est. listening hrs
4.1★40 ratings
Mysterygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Austere Academy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 62% of the mystery audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 20% shorter than the average mystery audiobook (8.6 hrs across 582 titles in our dataset).

Computed from mystery audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for mystery listeners who want a comic streak: a weekend-size listen at 6.9 hours (estimated).

About the book

As the three Baudelaire orphans warily approach their new home 埐rufrock Preparatory School : they can't help but notice the enormous stone arch bearing the school's motto Memento Mori or "Remember you will die." This is not a cheerful greeting and certainly marks an inauspicious beginning to a very bleak story just as we have come to expect from Lemony Snickett's Series of Unfortunate Events, the deliciously morbid set of books that began with The Bad Beginning and only got worse. Ages 10+

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Austere Academy as an audiobook?

The Austere Academy runs about 6.9 hours, our estimate from its 235 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is The Austere Academy free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Austere Academy first published?

The Austere Academy by Lemony Snicket, Brett Helquist, Michael Kupperman was first published in 2000.