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The Gold-Bug and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gold-Bug and Other Tales runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kevin Waites (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.5listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gold-Bug and Other Tales at common listening paces
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30 min / day13 days
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 6.5 hours, it runs longer than 57% 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 Gold-Bug and Other Tales is an audiobook by Edgar Allan Poe: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Waites, released September 11, 2025, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.5 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin Waites
Released
September 11, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9798295323300

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gold-Bug and Other Tales as an audiobook?

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.

Is The Gold-Bug and Other Tales free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Gold-Bug and Other Tales?

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales is narrated by Kevin Waites.