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The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner

The Sound and the Fury: Audiobook

by William Faulkner · narrated by Gabra Zackman, Grover Gardner · unabridged · 2005

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sound and the Fury runs 9.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gabra Zackman and Grover Gardner (about 6.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2005released
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What our data says

  • At 9.2 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Gabra Zackman

Gabra Zackman narrates 353 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,160 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,895 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Sean Pratt runs 0.4 hours longer (9.7 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Shaun Taylor-Corbett and Edoardo Ballerini runs 0.4 hours longer (9.7 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Pete Cross runs 0.4 hours longer (9.7 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 Sound and the Fury is an audiobook by William Faulkner: a 9.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Gabra Zackman and Grover Gardner, released July 12, 2005, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.2 hrs
Narrated by
Gabra Zackman, Grover Gardner
Released
July 12, 2005
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Drama, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9780739325360

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sound and the Fury as an audiobook?

The Sound and the Fury runs 9.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.2 hours.

Is The Sound and the Fury free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Sound and the Fury?

The Sound and the Fury is narrated by Gabra Zackman and Grover Gardner.