Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Luke Oldham (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Luke Oldham
Luke Oldham narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 44 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
273 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by George Easton runs 0.7 hours shorter (3.8 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
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is an audiobook by Henri Bergson: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Luke Oldham, released November 17, 2025, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Luke Oldham
- Released
- November 17, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9798295357459
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic audiobook?
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic audiobook free?
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Who narrates Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic?
Laughter: An Essay on the Meaning of the Comic is narrated by Luke Oldham.