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The Damned (Là-bas) by Joris-Karl Huysmans

The Damned (Là-bas): Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Damned (Là-bas) runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Owen Joyce (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Damned (Là-bas) at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

548 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 Damned (Là-bas) is an audiobook by Joris-Karl Huysmans: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Owen Joyce, released February 25, 2019, on the Classics (Literature) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.9 hrs
Narrated by
Owen Joyce
Released
February 25, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9782291053989

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Damned (Là-bas) as an audiobook?

The Damned (Là-bas) runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.

Is The Damned (Là-bas) free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Damned (Là-bas)?

The Damned (Là-bas) is narrated by Owen Joyce.