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The Return of the Sphinx by Hugh Maclennan

The Return of the Sphinx: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Return of the Sphinx runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Daniel Michael Karpenchuk (about 6.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Return of the Sphinx at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
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 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,960 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 Return of the Sphinx is an audiobook by Hugh Maclennan: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Daniel Michael Karpenchuk, released April 19, 2022, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Daniel Michael Karpenchuk
Released
April 19, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780228010418

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Return of the Sphinx as an audiobook?

The Return of the Sphinx runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.3 hours.

Is The Return of the Sphinx free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Return of the Sphinx?

The Return of the Sphinx is narrated by Daniel Michael Karpenchuk.