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The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Master and Margarita: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Master and Margarita runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Master and Margarita at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

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

Other recordings

  • The 2010 recording read by Various Performers runs 15.1 hours shorter (1.8 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by George Guidall runs 0.2 hours longer (17.1 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 Master and Margarita is an audiobook by Mikhail Bulgakov: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Julian Rhind-Tutt, released November 17, 2009, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.9 hrs
Narrated by
Julian Rhind-Tutt
Released
November 17, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9789629548292

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Master and Margarita as an audiobook?

The Master and Margarita runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.

Is The Master and Margarita free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Master and Margarita?

The Master and Margarita is narrated by Julian Rhind-Tutt.

Is The Master and Margarita worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.