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The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament by Thomas Hardy

The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament runs 6.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Leighton Pugh (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.7listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament at common listening paces
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30 min / day14 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 6.7 hours, it runs longer than 58% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) 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 Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is an audiobook by Thomas Hardy: a 6.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Leighton Pugh, released November 2, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.7 hrs
Narrated by
Leighton Pugh
Released
November 2, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781781983430

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament as an audiobook?

The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament runs 6.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.

Is The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament?

The Well-Beloved: A Sketch of a Temperament is narrated by Leighton Pugh.