The Five-Forty-Eight: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Five-Forty-Eight runs 0.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Gallagher and Ben Cheever and others (about 0.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.6 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Gallagher
Peter Gallagher narrates 18 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 29 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
227 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 Five-Forty-Eight is an audiobook by John Cheever: a 0.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Gallagher, Ben Cheever and Meryl Streep, released September 22, 2009, on the Classics (Literature) and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Gallagher, Ben Cheever, Meryl Streep
- Released
- September 22, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Short Stories, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780061968631
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Five-Forty-Eight as an audiobook?
The Five-Forty-Eight runs 0.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.4 hours.
Is The Five-Forty-Eight free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Five-Forty-Eight?
The Five-Forty-Eight is narrated by Peter Gallagher, Ben Cheever and Meryl Streep.