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The Polished Hoe by Austin Clarke

The Polished Hoe: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Polished Hoe runs 18.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robin Miles (about 12.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Polished Hoe at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day38 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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

What our data says

  • At 18.8 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

441 Literary 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 Polished Hoe is an audiobook by Austin Clarke: a 18.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Miles, released December 4, 2009, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.8 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Miles
Released
December 4, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781440773761

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Polished Hoe as an audiobook?

The Polished Hoe runs 18.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.

Is The Polished Hoe free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Polished Hoe?

The Polished Hoe is narrated by Robin Miles.

Is The Polished Hoe worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours, saving 6.3 hours.