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Common Sense by Thomas Paine

Common Sense: Audiobook

by Thomas Paine · narrated by Travis Burton · unabridged · 2020

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Common Sense audiobook runs 1.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Travis Burton (about 1.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.6listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
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Based on 1.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Common Sense at common listening paces
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1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
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What our data says

  • At 1.6 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 2,835 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

66 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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  • The Aspern Papers (BBC Radio 4 Book At Bedtime)Henry James · 1.6 hrs
  • Madonna of the FutureHenry James · 1.7 hrs
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Parts 1 & 2): Audio Book Bestseller Classics CollectionMark Twain · 1.7 hrs
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Ride of the Headless HorsemanWashington Irving · 1.5 hrs

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Liam Johnson runs 0.4 hours longer (2 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Anonymous runs 0.1 hours longer (1.8 hours).
  • The 2016 recording read by Edward Miller runs 1 hours longer (2.6 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

Common Sense is an audiobook by Thomas Paine: a 1.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Travis Burton, released June 10, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.6 hrs
Narrated by
Travis Burton
Released
June 10, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781662120213

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Common Sense audiobook?

Common Sense runs 1.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.1 hours.

Is the Common Sense audiobook free?

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Who narrates Common Sense?

Common Sense is narrated by Travis Burton.