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The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Black Arrow: Audiobook

by Robert Louis Stevenson · narrated by Mark F. Smith · unabridged · 1905

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Black Arrow runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark F. Smith (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
1905released
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Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Black Arrow at common listening paces
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30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days
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What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Mark F. Smith

Mark F. Smith narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 620 hours in all.

All Mark F. Smith audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

573 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Miles Turner and Aiden Lewis runs about the same length (8.7 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by The Circle and Geoffrey Giuliano runs 0.2 hours longer (8.9 hours).
  • The 2022 recording read by Cora Mcdonald runs 3.7 hours shorter (5 hours).
  • The 2018 recording read by Frank Phillips runs about the same length (8.7 hours).
  • The 2010 recording read by Ron Keith runs 0.7 hours longer (9.4 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

The Black Arrow is an audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark F. Smith, released March 8, 1905, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
Mark F. Smith
Released
March 8, 1905
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781988565484

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Black Arrow as an audiobook?

The Black Arrow runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Black Arrow free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Black Arrow?

The Black Arrow is narrated by Mark F. Smith.