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Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth by Herman Hesse

Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth audiobook runs 5.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jeff Woodman (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.8listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth at common listening paces
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30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 5.8 hours, it runs longer than 54% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by The Oracle and Geoffrey Giuliano runs about the same length (5.8 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

Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth is an audiobook by Herman Hesse: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Woodman, released August 5, 2008, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jeff Woodman
Released
August 5, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781602834255

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth audiobook?

Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth audiobook free?

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Who narrates Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth?

Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair’s Youth is narrated by Jeff Woodman.