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The Gin Palace by Émile Zola

The Gin Palace: Audiobook

Book 7 of the Rougon-Macquart Cycle series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gin Palace runs 6.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frederick Davidson (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2006released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gin Palace at common listening paces
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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it runs longer than 60% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Gin Palace is book 7 of Émile Zola's Rougon-Macquart Cycle series: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Frederick Davidson, released January 1, 2006, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Frederick Davidson
Released
January 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
Series
The Rougon-Macquart Cycle #7
ISBN
9781481559850

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gin Palace as an audiobook?

The Gin Palace runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is The Gin Palace free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Gin Palace?

The Gin Palace is narrated by Frederick Davidson.