10 Essential Pieces of Literature: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 10 Essential Pieces of Literature audiobook runs 87.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Taylor (about 58.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 87.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 176 days |
| 1 hour / day | 88 days |
| 2 hours / day | 44 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 59 days |
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What our data says
- At 87.7 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
16 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
10 Essential Pieces of Literature is an audiobook by Robert Louis Stevenson, Khalil Gibran and Daniel Defoe: a 87.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Taylor, released February 25, 2019, on the Classics (Literature) and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 87.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Taylor
- Released
- February 25, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9782291059776
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the 10 Essential Pieces of Literature audiobook?
10 Essential Pieces of Literature runs 87.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 58.5 hours.
Is the 10 Essential Pieces of Literature audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates 10 Essential Pieces of Literature?
10 Essential Pieces of Literature is narrated by Matthew Taylor.
Is 10 Essential Pieces of Literature worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 58.5 hours, saving 29.2 hours.