The Cathedral: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cathedral runs 15 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Wales (about 10 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 15 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Wales
David Wales narrates 115 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 448 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
324 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 Cathedral is an audiobook by Hugh Walpole: a 15-hour unabridged recording, read by David Wales, released September 22, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Wales
- Released
- September 22, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cathedral as an audiobook?
The Cathedral runs 15 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10 hours.
Is The Cathedral free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cathedral?
The Cathedral is narrated by David Wales.
Is The Cathedral worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10 hours, saving 5 hours.