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The Beast in Man by Emile Zola

The Beast in Man: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beast in Man runs 15.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Joyce (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.8listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Beast in Man at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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 94% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter Joyce

Peter Joyce narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,041 hours in all.

All Peter Joyce audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

3,098 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

The Beast in Man is an audiobook by Emile Zola: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Joyce, released January 11, 2009, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.8 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Joyce
Released
January 11, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781860153334

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Beast in Man as an audiobook?

The Beast in Man runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.

Is The Beast in Man free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Beast in Man?

The Beast in Man is narrated by Peter Joyce.

Is The Beast in Man worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.