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 Bertie Carvel (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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 1.3 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bertie Carvel
Bertie Carvel narrates 9 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 42 hours in all.
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- Dragon Tales
- Caryl Churchill: Top Girls, The Skriker, Serious Money, A Number and more: 13 BBC Radio Full-Cast Productions
- The Ultimate Iliad & Odyssey: Two Full-Cast Dramatisations: Rediscover the Epic Greek Myths Ahead of the Major Film
- The Little Ottleys: A BBC Radio full-cast drama: The Complete Series 1-5
About as long, on the Poetry shelf
355 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 Percy Bysshe Shelley: a 1.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Bertie Carvel, released March 1, 2008, on the Poetry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bertie Carvel
- Released
- March 1, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Poetry
- ISBN
- 9789629546724
How to listen to The Great Poets free
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Start listening freeQuestions 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 Bertie Carvel.