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The Melody by Jim Crace

The Melody: Audiobook

by Jim Crace · narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith · unabridged · 2018

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Melody runs 8.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Melody at common listening paces
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30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days
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What our data says

  • At 8.2 hours, it is shorter than 59% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith

Nicholas Guy Smith narrates 100 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,207 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,441 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2018 recording read by Timothy Bentinck runs about the same length (8.2 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 Melody is an audiobook by Jim Crace: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Guy Smith, released June 19, 2018, on the Psychological and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.2 hrs
Narrated by
Nicholas Guy Smith
Released
June 19, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780525632894

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Melody as an audiobook?

The Melody runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.

Is The Melody free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Melody?

The Melody is narrated by Nicholas Guy Smith.