The Parthenon: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Parthenon runs 5.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joan Walker (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joan Walker
Joan Walker narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 889 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
2,633 Non-Fiction 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 Parthenon is an audiobook by Mary Beard: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Joan Walker, released December 24, 2019, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joan Walker
- Released
- December 24, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781977349989
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Parthenon as an audiobook?
The Parthenon runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
Is The Parthenon free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Parthenon?
The Parthenon is narrated by Joan Walker.