Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Essays audiobook runs 25.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Hyde-White (about 16.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 25.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 51 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 17 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 25.2 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alex Hyde-White
Alex Hyde-White narrates 90 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 878 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
64 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2023 recording read by Peter Coates runs 23.5 hours shorter (1.7 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 is an audiobook by George Orwell: a 25.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Hyde-White, released December 3, 2019, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Hyde-White
- Released
- December 3, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781094061597
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Essays audiobook?
Essays runs 25.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 16.8 hours.
Is the Essays audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Essays?
Essays is narrated by Alex Hyde-White.
Is Essays worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 16.8 hours, saving 8.4 hours.