The Great Fire: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Fire runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Virginia Leishman (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Virginia Leishman
Virginia Leishman narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 357 hours in all.
- The Proposal
- Possession
- The Rescue
- Private Arrangements
- The Pursuit
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,882 Literary 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 Great Fire is an audiobook by Shirley Hazzard: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Virginia Leishman, released February 21, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Virginia Leishman
- Released
- February 21, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781449802622
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Fire as an audiobook?
The Great Fire runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Great Fire free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Fire?
The Great Fire is narrated by Virginia Leishman.
Is The Great Fire worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.