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The Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan Poe

The Pit and the Pendulum: Audiobook

by Edgar Allan Poe · narrated by Michael Scott · unabridged · 2010

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pit and the Pendulum runs 0.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Scott (about 0.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2010released
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What our data says

  • At 0.9 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Michael Scott

Michael Scott narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 205 hours in all.

All Michael Scott audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

236 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by Eric S. Piotrowski runs 0.2 hours shorter (0.7 hours).
  • The 2013 recording read by Cathy Dobson runs 0.1 hours shorter (0.7 hours).
  • The 2017 recording read by Chris Lutkin runs 0.1 hours shorter (0.7 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by Saethon Williams runs about the same length (0.8 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Nathan Edwards runs about the same length (0.8 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 Pit and the Pendulum is an audiobook by Edgar Allan Poe: a 0.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Scott, released September 22, 2010, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.9 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Scott
Released
September 22, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Pit and the Pendulum as an audiobook?

The Pit and the Pendulum runs 0.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.6 hours.

Is The Pit and the Pendulum free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Pit and the Pendulum?

The Pit and the Pendulum is narrated by Michael Scott.