Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower audiobook runs 2.7 hours unabridged, narrated by William Roberts (about 1.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.7 hours, it is shorter than 63% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by William Roberts
William Roberts narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 283 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
253 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower is an audiobook by Herman Melville: a 2.7-hour unabridged recording, read by William Roberts, released February 1, 2006, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- William Roberts
- Released
- February 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9789629545550
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How long is the Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower audiobook?
Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower runs 2.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.8 hours.
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Who narrates Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower?
Bartleby the Scrivener / the Lightning-Rod Man / the Bell-Tower is narrated by William Roberts.