The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Forsyte series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property runs 4.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Joyce (about 3.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.6 hours of listening.
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| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.6 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Forsyte Saga
This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 16.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property | 4.6 hrs |
| 2 | The Forsyte Saga, Volume 2: In Chancery | 5.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Forsyte Saga, Volume 3: To Let | 6.2 hrs |
More narrated by Peter Joyce
Peter Joyce narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,041 hours in all.
- Magician
- The King's Buccaneer
- Prince of the Blood
- Krondor: The Betrayal
- Shadow of a Dark Queen
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
339 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 Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property is book 1 of John Galsworthy's Forsyte series: a 4.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Joyce, released August 1, 2010, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Joyce
- Released
- August 1, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- Series
- Forsyte Saga #1
- ISBN
- 9781860152665
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property as an audiobook?
The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property runs 4.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.1 hours.
Is The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property?
The Forsyte Saga, Volume 1: The Man of Property is narrated by Peter Joyce.