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The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel

The Purple Cloud: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purple Cloud runs 11.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Stefan Rudnicki (about 7.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.5listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Purple Cloud at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day23 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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

What our data says

  • At 11.5 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

461 Classics (Literature) 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 Purple Cloud is an audiobook by M. P. Shiel: a 11.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Stefan Rudnicki, released August 2, 2022, on the Classics (Literature) and Apocalyptic & Dystopian shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.5 hrs
Narrated by
Stefan Rudnicki
Released
August 2, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Apocalyptic & Dystopian
ISBN
9798200951222

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Purple Cloud as an audiobook?

The Purple Cloud runs 11.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.7 hours.

Is The Purple Cloud free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Purple Cloud?

The Purple Cloud is narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

Is The Purple Cloud worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.7 hours, saving 3.8 hours.