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A Hero of Our Time by Mikhail Lermontov

A Hero of Our Time: Audiobook

by Mikhail Lermontov · narrated by Nicholas Boulton · unabridged · 2017

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Hero of Our Time runs 6.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Boulton (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.2listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2017released
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Based on 6.2 hours of listening.

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1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 6.2 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Nicholas Boulton

Nicholas Boulton narrates 84 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,176 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

457 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Sebastian Blackwood runs 0.4 hours shorter (5.7 hours).
  • The 2016 recording read by Clive Chafer runs about the same length (6.2 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

A Hero of Our Time is an audiobook by Mikhail Lermontov: a 6.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Boulton, released November 10, 2017, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.2 hrs
Narrated by
Nicholas Boulton
Released
November 10, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781781980736

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Hero of Our Time as an audiobook?

A Hero of Our Time runs 6.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.

Is A Hero of Our Time free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Hero of Our Time?

A Hero of Our Time is narrated by Nicholas Boulton.