Civilization and Its Discontents: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Civilization and Its Discontents audiobook runs 3.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Steven Crossley (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 3.5 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 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 4,526 Mental Health & Psychology audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Steven Crossley
Steven Crossley narrates 123 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,409 hours in all.
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Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Graham Dunlop runs 0.3 hours shorter (3.2 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Civilization and Its Discontents is an audiobook by Sigmund Freud: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released June 1, 2011, on the Mental Health & Psychology shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Steven Crossley
- Released
- June 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Mental Health & Psychology
- ISBN
- 9781452672632
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Civilization and Its Discontents audiobook?
Civilization and Its Discontents runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
Is the Civilization and Its Discontents audiobook free?
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Who narrates Civilization and Its Discontents?
Civilization and Its Discontents is narrated by Steven Crossley.