Billy Budd, Sailor: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Billy Budd, Sailor audiobook runs 3.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Frank Muller (about 2.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Frank Muller
Frank Muller narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 604 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
261 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Paul Giamatti runs about the same length (3.3 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
Billy Budd, Sailor is an audiobook by Herman Melville: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Frank Muller, released January 16, 2008, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frank Muller
- Released
- January 16, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781440798047
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Billy Budd, Sailor audiobook?
Billy Budd, Sailor runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.2 hours.
Is the Billy Budd, Sailor audiobook free?
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Who narrates Billy Budd, Sailor?
Billy Budd, Sailor is narrated by Frank Muller.