Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family audiobook runs 28.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Bruce Pirie (about 19.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 28.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 58 days |
| 1 hour / day | 29 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 days |
You'll finish in – by –
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What our data says
- At 28.6 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bruce Pirie
Bruce Pirie narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 116 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
84 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by David Rintoul runs 1.7 hours shorter (27 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
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family is an audiobook by Thomas Mann: a 28.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Bruce Pirie, released May 1, 2022, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 28.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bruce Pirie
- Released
- May 1, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 4066338905888
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family audiobook?
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family runs 28.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.1 hours.
Is the Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family?
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family is narrated by Bruce Pirie.
Is Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.1 hours, saving 9.5 hours.