The Waves: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Waves runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julia Franklin (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9 hours, it runs longer than 72% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Julia Franklin
Julia Franklin narrates 217 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,260 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
554 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2014 recording read by Frances Jeater runs about the same length (8.9 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 Waves is an audiobook by Virginia Woolf: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Franklin, released December 5, 2013, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Franklin
- Released
- December 5, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781471249662
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Waves as an audiobook?
The Waves runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Waves free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Waves?
The Waves is narrated by Julia Franklin.