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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

A Modest Proposal: Audiobook

by Jonathan Swift · narrated by John Gonzalez · unabridged · 2016

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Modest Proposal runs 0.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Gonzalez (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.4listening hrs
Comedy, Satire & Parodystore shelf
2016released
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What our data says

  • At 0.4 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf

41 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Malk Williams runs about the same length (0.4 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by Ian Michael Turrell runs about the same length (0.4 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Seth Thompson runs about the same length (0.5 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Todd Messinger runs about the same length (0.3 hours).
  • The 2017 recording read by John Gonzales runs about the same length (0.4 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 Modest Proposal is an audiobook by Jonathan Swift: a 0.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Gonzalez, released January 1, 2016, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.4 hrs
Narrated by
John Gonzalez
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Comedy, Satire & Parody

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Modest Proposal as an audiobook?

A Modest Proposal runs 0.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.

Is A Modest Proposal free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates A Modest Proposal?

A Modest Proposal is narrated by John Gonzalez.