The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Susan Duerden (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Susan Duerden
Susan Duerden narrates 194 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,902 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,112 Literary Fiction 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 Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein is an audiobook by Antoinette May: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Susan Duerden, released September 29, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Susan Duerden
- Released
- September 29, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781501200403
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein as an audiobook?
The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein?
The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein is narrated by Susan Duerden.
Is The Determined Heart: The Tale of Mary Shelley and Her Frankenstein worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.