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The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success by Taylor Caldwell

The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success runs 29.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laurence Bouvard (about 19.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

29.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 29.6 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

116 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success is an audiobook by Taylor Caldwell: a 29.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Laurence Bouvard, released November 29, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
29.6 hrs
Narrated by
Laurence Bouvard
Released
November 29, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781666602951

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success as an audiobook?

The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success runs 29.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.7 hours.

Is The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success?

The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success is narrated by Laurence Bouvard.

Is The Sound of Thunder: The Great Novel of a Man Enslaved by Passion and Cursed by His Own Success worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.7 hours, saving 9.9 hours.