Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind audiobook runs 80.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Cory Herndon and David Markus and others (about 53.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 80.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 161 days |
| 1 hour / day | 81 days |
| 2 hours / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 54 days |
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What our data says
- At 80.2 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
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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
Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind is an audiobook by Richard Smoley and Will Durant: a 80.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Cory Herndon, David Markus and Brian Conover and others, released August 20, 2026, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 80.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cory Herndon, David Markus, Brian Conover, Rob Jones
- Released
- August 20, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9798350503173
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind audiobook?
Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind runs 80.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 53.5 hours.
Is the Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind audiobook free?
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Who narrates Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind?
Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind is narrated by Cory Herndon, David Markus, Brian Conover and Rob Jones.
Is Durant Masterworks: The Essential History and Philosophy Collection - A Curated Anthology of Western Thought From Antiquity to the Modern Mind worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 53.5 hours, saving 26.7 hours.