The Fable of the Bees: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fable of the Bees runs 22.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Kirk and Justin Avoth and others (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 22.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 45 days |
| 1 hour / day | 23 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 22.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Will Kirk
Will Kirk narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 80 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
138 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 Fable of the Bees is an audiobook by Bernard Mandeville: a 22.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Kirk, Justin Avoth and Stephanie Racine and others, released June 17, 2024, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 22.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Will Kirk, Justin Avoth, Stephanie Racine, David Timson
- Released
- June 17, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781984956
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Fable of the Bees as an audiobook?
The Fable of the Bees runs 22.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.
Is The Fable of the Bees free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Fable of the Bees?
The Fable of the Bees is narrated by Will Kirk, Justin Avoth, Stephanie Racine and David Timson.
Is The Fable of the Bees worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.