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Bartleby, The Scrivener by Herman Melville

Bartleby, The Scrivener: Audiobook

by Herman Melville · narrated by Bob Neufeld · unabridged · 2011

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Bartleby, The Scrivener audiobook runs 1.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Bob Neufeld (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2011released
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What our data says

  • At 1.9 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Bob Neufeld

Bob Neufeld narrates 36 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 199 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

174 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2014 recording read by Emma Hignett runs 0.3 hours shorter (1.7 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Edoardo Ballerini runs 0.5 hours shorter (1.5 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Daniel Pagone runs 0.2 hours shorter (1.7 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by James Harrington runs 0.5 hours shorter (1.4 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Michael Goodrick runs 0.4 hours shorter (1.5 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

Bartleby, The Scrivener is an audiobook by Herman Melville: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bob Neufeld, released January 1, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.9 hrs
Narrated by
Bob Neufeld
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Bartleby, The Scrivener audiobook?

Bartleby, The Scrivener runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

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Who narrates Bartleby, The Scrivener?

Bartleby, The Scrivener is narrated by Bob Neufeld.