Essays First Series: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Essays First Series audiobook runs 8.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Samet Burke (about 5.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.4 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
5,733 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2017 recording read by Catherine Abbott and George Doyle runs 1.7 hours longer (10.1 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
Essays First Series is an audiobook by Ralph Waldo Emerson: a 8.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Samet Burke, released February 16, 2020, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Samet Burke
- Released
- February 16, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781662145889
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Essays First Series audiobook?
Essays First Series runs 8.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.6 hours.
Is the Essays First Series audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Essays First Series?
Essays First Series is narrated by Samet Burke.