Audio only
Length6h 44m
About this audiobook
“A deeply soulful novel that comprehends love and cruelty, and separates the big people from the small of heart, without ever losing sympathy for those unfortunates who don’t know how to live properly.” —Zadie Smith
One of the most important and enduring books of the twentieth century, Their Eyes Were Watching God brings to life a Southern love story with the wit and pathos found only in the writing of Zora Neale Hurston. Out of print for almost thirty years—due largely to initial audiences’ rejection of its strong black female protagonist—Hurston’s classic has since its 1978 reissue become perhaps the most widely read and highly acclaimed novel in the canon of African-American literature. The audio is performed by the legendary Ruby Dee.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.2 (486K)
Includes Goodreads, StoryGraph, Amazon, LibraryThing
GenreFantasy, Romance, General Fiction
Length6 hrs 44 mins
Narrated byRuby Dee
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateOct 31, 2005
LanguageEnglish
More from Zora Neale Hurston
BarracoonZora Neale Hurston3h 50m4.2 (49.1K)$6 · $0.00
Dust Tracks on a RoadZora Neale Hurston11h 23m4.2 (12.8K)$29 · $0.00
You Don’t Know Us Negroes and Other EssaysZora Neale Hurston, Henry Louis Gates, Genevieve West15h 20m4.2 (1.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Life of Herod the GreatZora Neale Hurston, Deborah G. Plant12h 8m3.4 (950)$8 · $0.00
Jonah's Gourd VineZora Neale Hurston7h 32m3.9 (4.9K)$26 · $0.00
Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked StickZora Neale Hurston8h 57m4.1 (8.7K)$29 · $0.00
Tell My HorseZora Neale Hurston9h 38m4.0 (2.6K)$29 · $0.00
Barracoon: Adapted for Young ReadersZora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi2h 12m4.4 (219)$16 · $0.00
Moses, Man of the MountainZora Neale Hurston10h 10m4.1 (3.7K)$29 · $0.00
Magnolia FlowerZora Neale Hurston, Ibram X. Kendi15m4.2 (1K)$4 · $0.00
Every Tongue Got to ConfessZora Neale Hurston6h 47m4.1 (1.3K)$24 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Before the Coffee Gets Cold: A Toshikazu Kawaguchi Book SetToshikazu Kawaguchi18h 55m4.5 (1.4K)$40 · $0.00
The Song of AchillesMadeline Miller11h 15m4.3 (2.3M)$29 · $0.00
The Left and the LuckyWilly Vlautin6h 40m4.4 (1.1K)$24 · $0.00
Hunt of the DragonJuliette Cross9h 46m4.4 (736)$20
Deadly GameChristine Feehan13h 20m4.3 (15.8K)$30
Swimming in the DarkTomasz Jedrowski6h 30m4.2 (98.9K)$24 · $0.00
Lola in the MirrorTrent Dalton13h 40m4.5 (43.9K)$33 · $0.00
Going PostalTerry Pratchett13h 36m4.5 (163.8K)$33 · $0.00
The Leo Tolstoy CollectionLeo Tolstoy9h 1m4.5 (4.9K)$12 · $0.00
Sword and ShadowMichelle Sagara16h 51m4.5 (2.2K)$40 · $0.00
A Tree Grows in BrooklynBetty Smith14h 55m4.4 (577.6K)$33 · $0.00
Dark GuardianChristine Feehan12h 32m4.5 (26.3K)$33 · $0.00
The Neil Gaiman ReaderNeil Gaiman27h 3m4.5 (3.2K)$53 · $0.00
The HobbitJ. R. R. Tolkien10h 51m4.4 (4.9M)$12 · $0.00
Bad HabitAlana S. Portero5h 37m4.4 (52.3K)$24 · $0.00
Science Fiction & Fantasy CollectionH. P. Lovecraft16h 32m4.5 (2.7K)$2 · $0.00
The Undead PoolKim Harrison16h 13m4.4 (34.6K)$33 · $0.00
The Edge of DawnBeverly Jenkins10h 15m4.5 (1.1K)$29 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Wishes from the HeartSophie Mays4h 9m4.7 (343)$15 · $0.00
Blizzard ShowdownShirlee McCoy5h 16m4.6 (1.1K)$12 · $0.00
To Hold and ProtectSandra Owens7h 59m4.6 (1.1K)$8 · $0.00
Arctic WitnessHeather Woodhaven5h 46m4.6 (985)$12 · $0.00
Following the TrailLynette Eason6h 35m4.6 (2.3K)$12 · $0.00
Her Duty Bound DefenderSharee Stover6h 30m4.7 (557)$12 · $0.00
Defending from DangerJodie Bailey5h 46m4.6 (588)$24 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
Explosive RevengeMaggie K. Black6h 18m4.6 (545)$12 · $0.00
Her Brand of JusticeB.J. Daniels6h 48m4.6 (1.3K)$12 · $0.00
Search And DetectTerri Reed5h 51m4.6 (706)$24 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
Danger in the WildernessDarlene L. Turner6h 54m4.7 (299)$12 · $0.00
Yukon JusticeDana Mentink6h 15m4.6 (751)$12 · $0.00
The Rogue WarriorCindy Roland Anderson5h 44m4.6 (409)$17 · $0.00
Trail Of ThreatsJessica R. Patch5h 47m4.6 (425)$24 · $0.00
Ironwood, a Fae Universe SeriesAlessa Thorn26h 57m4.6 (835)$30 · $0.00
Ready to ProtectValerie Hansen5h 38m4.6 (981)$24 · $0.00
Searching For EvidenceCarol J. Post6h 21m4.6 (552)$24 · $0.00
WhistlerAnn Patchett10h 45m4.6 (4.6K)$29 · $0.00
Demon CopperheadBarbara Kingsolver21h 3m4.5 (949.4K)$46 · $0.00
To Kill a MockingbirdHarper Lee12h 18m4.5 (7.4M)$29 · $0.00
Remarkably Bright CreaturesShelby Van Pelt11h 17m4.4 (1.7M)$29 · $0.00
Something Like LoveBeverly Jenkins10h 21m4.6 (2.7K)$29 · $0.00
Black History CollectionFrederick Douglass, Harriet Ann Jacobs, Booker T. Washington, W.E.B. Du Bois27h 9m4.6 (2.6K)$18 · $0.00
The Old Man and the Sea (Annotated)Ernest Hemingway4h 27m4.6 (1.4K)$2 · $0.00
White HotIlona Andrews13h 18m4.5 (136.9K)$5 · $0.00
The Ghost by the Billabong (The Matilda Saga, #5)Jackie French14h 58m4.6 (773)$33 · $0.00
Cast in BloodMichelle Sagara16h 35m4.6 (607)$33 · $0.00
The Captain Blood Trilogy (Annotated)Rafael Sabatini29h 20m4.6 (1K)$3 · $0.00
Ship of the Line (Annotated)Cecil Louis Troughton Smith11h 13m4.6 (1K)$2 · $0.00
The George Orwell CollectionGeorge Orwell24h 46m4.5 (14.4K)$12 · $0.00
Time RegainedMarcel Proust15h 38m4.5 (9.2K)$2 · $0.00
Driving ForceElle James4h 58m4.6 (407)$20 · $0.00
When God Calls the HeartBrian Bird, Michelle Cox3h 24m4.6 (439)$10 · $0.00
Five Little IndiansMichelle Good10h 34m4.5 (64.5K)$29 · $0.00
Lolth's WarriorR. A. Salvatore13h 20m4.6 (2.4K)$33 · $0.00
The Things We Cannot SayKelly Rimmer13h 48m4.5 (359.1K)$33 · $0.00
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du BoisHonoree Fanonne Jeffers29h 49m4.5 (58K)$8 · $0.00
You may also like
Unsinkable CayenneJessica Vitalis3h 27m4.1 (518)$18 · $0.00
I'm Liz HayesLiz Hayes10h 14m4.5 (306)$29 · $0.00
The Things You Kiss GoodbyeLeslie Connor8h 30m4.0 (2.7K)$26 · $0.00
A Mixture of FrailtiesRobertson Davies12h 50m4.2 (2.3K)$23
Their Eyes Were Watching GodZora Neale Hurston7h 45m4.2 (481.1K)$2 · $0.00
OF HUMAN BONDAGE (An Autobiographical Novel) - Complete EditionWilliam Somerset Maugham29h 52m4.2 (203.9K)$2 · $0.00
Of Human Bondage (Autobiographical Novel) (Annotated)William Somerset Maugham29h 59m4.3 (79.6K)$2 · $0.00
Managing ExpectationsMinnie Driver6h 49m4.2 (8K)$24 · $0.00
The Golden StateLydia Kiesling9h 9m3.7 (4.3K)$20 · $0.00
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Annotated)Zora Neale Hurston8h 2m4.2 (16.3K)$2 · $0.00
Rebecca of Sunnybrook FarmKate Douglas Wiggin8h 15m4.0 (39.5K)$20
The Great DivideCristina Henriquez13h 22m3.8 (36.2K)$33 · $0.00
The Beginning of EverythingRobyn Schneider7h 17m3.8 (66.3K)$24 · $0.00
Jo Jo Makoons: Fancy PantsDawn Quigley1h4.2 (384)$11 · $0.00
Alyosha the PotLeo Tolstoy14m4.2 (1.1K)$2.30
Partly CloudyTanita S. Davis5h 10m4.0 (463)$24 · $0.00
Memories of My LifeSarah Bernhardt17h 47m4.0 (284)$2.30
The Bohemian GirlWilla Cather6h 33m3.9 (212)$24 · $0.00
Jerusalem (Annotated)Selma Lagerlöf9h 54m$2 · $0.00
Hidden WomenAmrita Sen1h 43m$15