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The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O’Connor

The Violent Bear It Away: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Violent Bear It Away runs 6.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark Bramhall (about 4.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Violent Bear It Away at common listening paces
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30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.3 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Violent Bear It Away is an audiobook by Flannery O’Connor: a 6.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Bramhall, released August 26, 2010, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.3 hrs
Narrated by
Mark Bramhall
Released
August 26, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781481553933

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Violent Bear It Away as an audiobook?

The Violent Bear It Away runs 6.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.2 hours.

Is The Violent Bear It Away free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Violent Bear It Away?

The Violent Bear It Away is narrated by Mark Bramhall.