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Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

Fathers and Sons: Audiobook

by Ivan Turgenev · narrated by Sean Runnette · unabridged · 2010

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Fathers and Sons audiobook runs 8.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Sean Runnette (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2010released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.5 hours of listening.

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30 min / day17 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days
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What our data says

  • At 8.5 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Sean Runnette

Sean Runnette narrates 327 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,528 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,571 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2008 recording read by George Guidall runs 0.2 hours shorter (8.3 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Grayson Graham and Miles Turner runs 0.6 hours longer (9.1 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Jonathan Keeble runs 0.9 hours shorter (7.6 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by James Harrington runs 1.5 hours shorter (7 hours).
  • The 2019 recording read by James Holt runs 0.9 hours longer (9.4 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

Fathers and Sons is an audiobook by Ivan Turgenev: a 8.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Sean Runnette, released December 20, 2010, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.5 hrs
Narrated by
Sean Runnette
Released
December 20, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781452670737

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Fathers and Sons audiobook?

Fathers and Sons runs 8.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is the Fathers and Sons audiobook free?

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Who narrates Fathers and Sons?

Fathers and Sons is narrated by Sean Runnette.