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The Crucible: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Crucible runs an estimated 4.5 hours (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.5est. listening hrs
3.4★85 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 4.5 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Crucible at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

What our data says

  • At 4.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 91% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 62% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want witches and a historical setting: a weekend-size listen at 4.5 hours (estimated).

About the book

The Crucible is a play which is a dramatized and partially fictionalized story of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony during 1692–93. The play was written as an allegory for McCarthyism, when the United States government persecuted people accused of being communists. The play is spilt into four acts. Download your copy now!

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Crucible as an audiobook?

The Crucible runs about 4.5 hours, our estimate from its 151 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.

Is The Crucible free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Crucible first published?

The Crucible by Arthur Miller was first published in 1953.