The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation: Audiobook
Book 21 of the H.G. Wells Sci-Fi Classics series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation runs 0.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Wilkie (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.5 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Wilkie
John Wilkie narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 66 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf
125 Science 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 Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation is book 21 of H.G. Wells's H.G. Wells Sci-Fi Classics series: a 0.5-hour unabridged recording, read by John Wilkie, released July 6, 2026, on the Science Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Wilkie
- Released
- July 6, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Science Fiction, Classics (Literature), Comedy, Satire & Parody
- Series
- H.G. Wells Sci-Fi Classics #21
- ISBN
- 9798240178771
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation as an audiobook?
The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation runs 0.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.
Is The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation?
The Purple Pileus: A Classic Sci-Fi Tale of Madness, Hallucinations, and Strange Transformation is narrated by John Wilkie.