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Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Notes from the Underground: Audiobook

by Fyodor Dostoevsky · narrated by Norman Dietz · unabridged · 2010

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Notes from the Underground audiobook runs 5 hours unabridged, narrated by Norman Dietz (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

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Classics (Literature)store shelf
2010released
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What our data says

  • At 5 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Norman Dietz

Norman Dietz narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,621 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

373 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2018 recording read by Daniel Duffy runs about the same length (5.1 hours).
  • The 2009 recording read by Simon Vance runs 0.6 hours shorter (4.4 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Bob Neufeld runs about the same length (5 hours).
  • The 2023 recording read by Simon Hester runs 0.5 hours longer (5.5 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Simon Bubb runs 0.4 hours shorter (4.6 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

Notes from the Underground is an audiobook by Fyodor Dostoevsky: a 5-hour unabridged recording, read by Norman Dietz, released July 20, 2010, on the Psychological and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5 hrs
Narrated by
Norman Dietz
Released
July 20, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Psychological, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781400188062

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How long is the Notes from the Underground audiobook?

Notes from the Underground runs 5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

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Who narrates Notes from the Underground?

Notes from the Underground is narrated by Norman Dietz.