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The Painted Veil by William Somerset Maugham

The Painted Veil: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Painted Veil runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by James Harrington (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Painted Veil at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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

What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

476 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 Painted Veil is an audiobook by William Somerset Maugham: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by James Harrington, released December 3, 2024, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
James Harrington
Released
December 3, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781802561777

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Painted Veil as an audiobook?

The Painted Veil runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Painted Veil free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Painted Veil?

The Painted Veil is narrated by James Harrington.