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The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard by Isabelle Schuler

The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kristin Atherton (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,001 Historical (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 House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard is an audiobook by Isabelle Schuler: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Kristin Atherton, released March 13, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Kristin Atherton
Released
March 13, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781526647344

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard as an audiobook?

The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard?

The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard is narrated by Kristin Atherton.

Is The House of Barbary: The fierce, feminist retelling of Bluebeard worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.