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Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol

Dead Souls: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dead Souls audiobook runs 13 hours unabridged, narrated by Tom Weiner (about 8.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2009released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dead Souls at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,892 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by Arthur Morey runs 3 hours longer (16 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Alan Turton runs 3 hours longer (16 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by James Harrington runs 0.3 hours longer (13.2 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

Dead Souls is an audiobook by Nikolai Gogol: a 13-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Weiner, released July 23, 2009, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13 hrs
Narrated by
Tom Weiner
Released
July 23, 2009
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781483058290

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dead Souls audiobook?

Dead Souls runs 13 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.6 hours.

Is the Dead Souls audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Dead Souls?

Dead Souls is narrated by Tom Weiner.

Is Dead Souls worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.6 hours, saving 4.3 hours.