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Looking Backward: 2000-1887 by Edward Bellamy

Looking Backward: 2000-1887: Audiobook

by Edward Bellamy · narrated by Anna Simon · unabridged · 2016

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Looking Backward: 2000-1887 audiobook runs 7.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Anna Simon (about 5.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.8listening hrs
Science Fictionstore shelf
2016released
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Based on 7.8 hours of listening.

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2 hours / day4 days
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What our data says

  • At 7.8 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 13,269 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Anna Simon

Anna Simon narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 102 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Science Fiction shelf

1,652 Science Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Peter Coates runs 0.4 hours shorter (7.4 hours).
  • The 2022 recording read by Adam Sims runs 0.4 hours longer (8.2 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

Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is an audiobook by Edward Bellamy: a 7.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Simon, released January 1, 2016, on the Science Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.8 hrs
Narrated by
Anna Simon
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Science Fiction

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Looking Backward: 2000-1887 audiobook?

Looking Backward: 2000-1887 runs 7.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.2 hours.

Is the Looking Backward: 2000-1887 audiobook free?

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Who narrates Looking Backward: 2000-1887?

Looking Backward: 2000-1887 is narrated by Anna Simon.