The hours: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The hours runs an estimated 6.8 hours (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 6.8 hours (estimated), it sits right at the median length for romance.
- That's 18% shorter than the average romance audiobook (8.3 hrs across 3596 titles in our dataset).
Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for romance listeners who want psychological twists: a weekend-size listen at 6.8 hours (estimated).
About the book
Winner of the Pulitzer prize, the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and nominated for 9 Academy Awards, The Hours is now available on Unabridged CD. Passionate, profound, and deeply moving, The Hours tells the story of three women: Clarissa Vaughan, who one New York morning goes about planning a party in honor of a beloved friend; Laura Brown, who in a 1950s Los Angeles suburb slowly begins to feel the constraints of a perfect family and home; and Virginia Woolf, recuperating with her husband in a London suburb and beginning to write Mrs. Dalloway . By the end of the novel, the stories have intertwined, and finally come together in an act of subtle and haunting grace, demonstrating Michael Cunningham's deep empathy for his characters as well as the extraordinary resonance of his language.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The hours as an audiobook?
The hours runs about 6.8 hours, our estimate from its 230 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is The hours free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was The hours first published?
The hours by Michael Cunningham was first published in 1998.
