The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s runs 8.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bernadette Dunne (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.8 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Bernadette Dunne narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,978 hours in all.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
1,057 Arts & Entertainment 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 Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s is an audiobook by Joseph B. Egan: a 8.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Bernadette Dunne, released November 22, 2016, on the Arts & Entertainment and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bernadette Dunne
- Released
- November 22, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment, The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9781455137275
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s as an audiobook?
The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s runs 8.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.
Is The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s?
The Purple Diaries: Mary Astor and the Most Sensational Hollywood Scandal of the 1930s is narrated by Bernadette Dunne.