The Captive: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Captive runs 19.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Paul and Neville Jason (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 19.9 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Neville Jason
Neville Jason narrates 22 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 245 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
195 Classics (Literature) 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 Captive is an audiobook by Marcel Proust: a 19.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Paul and Neville Jason, released September 4, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nicholas Paul, Neville Jason
- Released
- September 4, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781843796237
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Captive as an audiobook?
The Captive runs 19.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Captive free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Captive?
The Captive is narrated by Nicholas Paul and Neville Jason.
Is The Captive worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.6 hours.