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The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare

The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare runs 2.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ghizela Rowe and David Shaw-Parker and others (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.8listening hrs
Poetrystore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 2.8 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 1996 recording read by Minnie Driver and Susan Anspach runs 0.3 hours longer (3.1 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 Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare is an audiobook by William Shakespeare: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker and Richard Mitchley, released January 5, 2021, on the Poetry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.8 hrs
Narrated by
Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker, Richard Mitchley
Released
January 5, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Poetry
ISBN
9781839678844

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare as an audiobook?

The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.

Is The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare?

The Complete Sonnets of William Shakespeare is narrated by Ghizela Rowe, David Shaw-Parker and Richard Mitchley.