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The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination by Richard Mabey

The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ralph Lister (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.3listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.3 hours of listening.

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30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination is an audiobook by Richard Mabey: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ralph Lister, released April 29, 2016, on the World shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.3 hrs
Narrated by
Ralph Lister
Released
April 29, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World
ISBN
9781515974093

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination as an audiobook?

The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.

Is The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination?

The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination is narrated by Ralph Lister.

Is The Cabaret of Plants: Forty Thousand Years of Plant Life and the Human Imagination worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.