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The Poison Belt by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Poison Belt: Audiobook

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · narrated by Mark F. Smith · unabridged · 2011

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Poison Belt runs 3.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark F. Smith (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.3listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Poison Belt at common listening paces
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30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days
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What our data says

  • At 3.3 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Mark F. Smith

Mark F. Smith narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 620 hours in all.

All Mark F. Smith audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

131 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2008 recording read by Paul Hecht runs about the same length (3.4 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by Graham Dunlop runs 0.4 hours shorter (2.9 hours).
  • The 2023 recording read by Michael Ward runs 0.2 hours shorter (3.1 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Tomas Riley runs 0.1 hours longer (3.4 hours).
  • The 2012 recording read by Peter Joyce runs 0.4 hours longer (3.7 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 Poison Belt is an audiobook by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: a 3.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark F. Smith, released January 1, 2011, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.3 hrs
Narrated by
Mark F. Smith
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Poison Belt as an audiobook?

The Poison Belt runs 3.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.

Is The Poison Belt free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Poison Belt?

The Poison Belt is narrated by Mark F. Smith.