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The Reef by Edith Wharton

The Reef: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Reef runs 9.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.6listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Reef at common listening paces
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1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.6 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2019 recording read by Anna Lee runs 0.1 hours longer (9.7 hours).
  • The 2006 recording read by Kristen Underwood runs 1.1 hours longer (10.7 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 Reef is an audiobook by Edith Wharton: a 9.6-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.6 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Reef as an audiobook?

The Reef runs 9.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Reef free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Reef?

The Reef is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.