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The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot

The Waste Land: Audiobook

by T.S. Eliot · narrated by Michael Scott · unabridged · 2006

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Waste Land runs 0.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Scott (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.4listening hrs
Poetrystore shelf
2006released
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What our data says

  • At 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 78% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Michael Scott

Michael Scott narrates 106 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 205 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Poetry shelf

173 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Basil Munroe Godevenos runs about the same length (0.4 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Jon Waters runs about the same length (0.5 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Barnaby Edwards runs 0.1 hours longer (0.5 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by The Bell and Geoffrey Giuliano runs 0.2 hours longer (0.6 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by Michael Goodrick runs about the same length (0.4 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 Waste Land is an audiobook by T.S. Eliot: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Scott, released February 22, 2006, on the Poetry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.4 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Scott
Released
February 22, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Poetry

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Waste Land as an audiobook?

The Waste Land runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.

Is The Waste Land free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Waste Land?

The Waste Land is narrated by Michael Scott.