For Whom the Bell Tolls: Audiobook
The For Whom the Bell Tolls audiobook runs an estimated 14.2 hours (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 14.2 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 14.2 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 74% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 21% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 14.2 hours (estimated).
About the book
Ernest Hemingway's masterpiece on war, love, loyalty, and honor tells the story of Robert Jordan, an antifascist American fighting in the Spanish Civil War. In 1937 Ernest Hemingway traveled to Spain to cover the civil war there for the North American Newspaper Alliance. Three years later he completed the greatest novel to emerge from “the good fight” and one of the foremost classics of war literature. For Whom the Bell Tolls tells of loyalty and courage, love and defeat, and the tragic death of an ideal. Robert Jordan, a young American in the International Brigades, is attached to an antifascist guerilla unit in the mountains of Spain. In his portrayal of Jordan’s love for the beautiful Maria and his superb account of a guerilla leader’s last stand, Hemingway creates a work at once rare and beautiful, strong and brutal, compassionate, moving, and wise.
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How long is the For Whom the Bell Tolls audiobook?
For Whom the Bell Tolls runs about 14.2 hours, our estimate from its 480 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Can I listen to For Whom the Bell Tolls free?
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Is For Whom the Bell Tolls worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was For Whom the Bell Tolls first published?
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway was first published in 1940.
