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Beowulf by The Beowulf Poet

Beowulf: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beowulf audiobook runs 3.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Crossley (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beowulf at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day7 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 95% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Steven Crossley

Steven Crossley narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,468 hours in all.

All Steven Crossley audiobooks, measured

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

Beowulf is an audiobook by The Beowulf Poet: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released October 3, 2017, on the Historical (Fiction) and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.1 hrs
Narrated by
Steven Crossley
Released
October 3, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781666585988

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beowulf audiobook?

Beowulf runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.

Is the Beowulf audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Beowulf?

Beowulf is narrated by Steven Crossley.