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If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years by Christopher Benfey

If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Joshua Kane (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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

If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years is an audiobook by Christopher Benfey: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joshua Kane, released July 9, 2019, on the The Americas and Biography & Memoir shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Joshua Kane
Released
July 9, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas, Biography & Memoir, Literature
ISBN
9781984888624

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years audiobook?

If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is the If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years audiobook free?

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Who narrates If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years?

If: The Untold Story of Kipling's American Years is narrated by Joshua Kane.