The Talented Mr. Ripley: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Talented Mr. Ripley runs an estimated 8.5 hours (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 8.5 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 8.5 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 85% of the thriller audiobooks we measured.
- That's 31% shorter than the average thriller audiobook (12.3 hrs across 717 titles in our dataset).
Computed from thriller audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for thriller listeners who want psychological twists and proper detective work: a solid week of commutes at 8.5 hours (estimated).
About the book
Since his debut in 1955, Tom Ripley has evolved into the ultimate bad boy sociopath, influencing countless novelists and filmmakers. In this first novel, we are introduced to suave, handsome Tom Ripley: a young striver, newly arrived in the heady world of Manhattan in the 1950s. A product of a broken home, branded a "sissy" by his dismissive Aunt Dottie, Ripley becomes enamored of the moneyed world of his new friend, Dickie Greenleaf. This fondness turns obsessive when Ripley is sent to Italy to bring back his libertine pal, but he grows enraged by Dickie's ambivalent feelings for Marge, a charming American dilettante. A dark reworking of Henry James's The Ambassadors , The Talented Mr. Ripley —immortalized in the 1998 film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, and Gywneth Paltrow—is an unforgettable introduction to this debonair confidence man, whose talent for self-invention and calculated murder is chronicled in four subsequent novels.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Talented Mr. Ripley as an audiobook?
The Talented Mr. Ripley runs about 8.5 hours, our estimate from its 288 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.
Is The Talented Mr. Ripley free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
When was The Talented Mr. Ripley first published?
The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith was first published in 1955.
