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The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo

The Man Who Laughs: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Man Who Laughs runs 25 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Various Readers (about 16.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

25listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 25 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Man Who Laughs at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day50 days
1 hour / day25 days
2 hours / day13 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×17 days

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What our data says

  • At 25 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

536 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2022 recording read by Simon Vance runs 2.5 hours shorter (22.5 hours).

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 Man Who Laughs is an audiobook by Victor Hugo: a 25-hour unabridged recording, read by Various Readers, released January 1, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
25 hrs
Narrated by
Various Readers
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Man Who Laughs as an audiobook?

The Man Who Laughs runs 25 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.6 hours.

Is The Man Who Laughs free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Man Who Laughs?

The Man Who Laughs is narrated by Various Readers.

Is The Man Who Laughs worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.6 hours, saving 8.3 hours.