The Pearl — Audiobook
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 3.5 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in—by —
What our data says
- At 3.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 98% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
- That's 73% shorter than the average thriller audiobook (12.9 hrs across 259 titles in our dataset).
Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset; listening time estimated from page count.
Who is this for?
Best for thriller listeners — a weekend-size listen at 3.5 hours (estimated).
About the book
“There it lay, the great pearl, perfect as the moon.” Like his father and grandfather before him, Kino is a poor diver, gathering pearls from the gulf beds that once brought great wealth to the Kings of Spain and now provide Kino, Juana, and their infant son with meager subsistence. Then, on a day like any other, Kino emerges from the sea with a pearl as large as a sea gull's egg, as "perfect as the moon." With the pearl comes hope, the promise of comfort and of security.... A story of classic simplicity, based on a Mexican folk tale, The Pearl explores the secrets of man's nature, the darkest depths of evil, and the luminous possibilities of love.
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How long is The Pearl as an audiobook?
The Pearl runs about 3.5 hours — our estimate from its 118 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
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When was The Pearl first published?
The Pearl by John Steinbeck was first published in 1945.