The Masterpiece: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Masterpiece runs 15.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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 15.5 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Leighton Pugh
Leighton Pugh narrates 210 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,436 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
324 Classics (Literature) 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 Masterpiece is an audiobook by Émile Zola: a 15.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released February 18, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Leighton Pugh
- Released
- February 18, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781982785
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Masterpiece as an audiobook?
The Masterpiece runs 15.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 hours.
Is The Masterpiece free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Masterpiece?
The Masterpiece is narrated by Leighton Pugh.
Is The Masterpiece worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.