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The Fortress by Hugh Walpole

The Fortress: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fortress runs 26.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Joyce (about 17.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

26.2listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 26.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fortress at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day53 days
1 hour / day27 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×18 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 26.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Peter Joyce

Peter Joyce narrates 87 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,041 hours in all.

All Peter Joyce audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

430 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 Fortress is an audiobook by Hugh Walpole: a 26.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Joyce, released April 1, 2013, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
26.2 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Joyce
Released
April 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction
ISBN
9781860153716

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fortress as an audiobook?

The Fortress runs 26.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.4 hours.

Is The Fortress free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Fortress?

The Fortress is narrated by Peter Joyce.

Is The Fortress worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.4 hours, saving 8.7 hours.