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The Great Poets by Oliver Wendell Holmes

The Great Poets: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Poets runs 1.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Marinker (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.3listening hrs
Poetrystore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.3 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 1.3 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Poetry shelf

359 Poetry 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 Poets is an audiobook by Oliver Wendell Holmes: a 1.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Marinker, released March 1, 2009, on the Poetry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.3 hrs
Narrated by
Peter Marinker
Released
March 1, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Poetry
ISBN
9789629548469

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Great Poets as an audiobook?

The Great Poets runs 1.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.

Is The Great Poets free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Great Poets?

The Great Poets is narrated by Peter Marinker.