A Tale of a Tub: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Tale of a Tub runs 4.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edmund Bloxam (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Edmund Bloxam
Edmund Bloxam narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 34 hours in all.
About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf
222 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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- How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived
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Other recordings
- The 2015 recording read by Peter Wickham runs 0.2 hours longer (4.7 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 Tale of a Tub is an audiobook by Jonathan Swift: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Edmund Bloxam, released January 1, 2015, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Edmund Bloxam
- Released
- January 1, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Comedy, Satire & Parody
How to listen to A Tale of a Tub free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Tale of a Tub as an audiobook?
A Tale of a Tub runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is A Tale of a Tub free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Tale of a Tub?
A Tale of a Tub is narrated by Edmund Bloxam.