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Apology by Plato

Apology: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Apology audiobook runs 1.3 hours unabridged, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.3listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Apology at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day3 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×1 day

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 1.3 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Gary Middleton runs 0.5 hours longer (1.8 hours).
  • The 2023 recording read by Oliver Adams runs 0.1 hours longer (1.5 hours).
  • The 2016 recording read by Edward Miller runs about the same length (1.3 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

Apology is an audiobook by Plato: a 1.3-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2017, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.3 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Apology audiobook?

Apology runs 1.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.

Is the Apology audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Apology?

Apology is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.