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Beowulf by Anonymous

Beowulf: Audiobook

by Anonymous · narrated by Robertson Dean · unabridged · 2006

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beowulf audiobook runs 2.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Robertson Dean (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.8listening hrs
Poetrystore shelf
2006released
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1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
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What our data says

  • At 2.8 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 3,749 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Robertson Dean

Robertson Dean narrates 285 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,183 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Poetry shelf

158 Poetry audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2010 recording read by Rosalyn Landor runs 0.2 hours longer (3 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Randal Schaffer runs 3.8 hours longer (6.6 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Philip Harburgh runs about the same length (2.8 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

Beowulf is an audiobook by Anonymous: a 2.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Robertson Dean, released January 1, 2006, on the Poetry shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.8 hrs
Narrated by
Robertson Dean
Released
January 1, 2006
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Poetry
ISBN
9781481537971

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beowulf audiobook?

Beowulf runs 2.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.

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Who narrates Beowulf?

Beowulf is narrated by Robertson Dean.