A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 runs 28 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nelson Runger (about 18.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 28 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 56 days |
| 1 hour / day | 28 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 19 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 28 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 15,469 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
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Nelson Runger narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 405 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
110 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 is an audiobook by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.: a 28-hour unabridged recording, read by Nelson Runger, released August 3, 2012, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 28 hrs
- Narrated by
- Nelson Runger
- Released
- August 3, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781470325459
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 as an audiobook?
A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 runs 28 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18.6 hours.
Is A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950?
A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 is narrated by Nelson Runger.
Is A Life in the Twentieth Century: Innocent Beginnings, 1917-1950 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18.6 hours, saving 9.3 hours.