A Preface to Politics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Preface to Politics runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Bethune (about 5.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Bethune
Robert Bethune narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 387 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
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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
A Preface to Politics is an audiobook by Walter Lippmann: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Bethune, released August 17, 2017, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Bethune
- Released
- August 17, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781942894216
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Preface to Politics as an audiobook?
A Preface to Politics runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.9 hours.
Is A Preface to Politics free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates A Preface to Politics?
A Preface to Politics is narrated by Robert Bethune.