On Tennis: Five Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Tennis: Five Essays audiobook runs 6 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Petkoff (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 6 hours, it is shorter than 60% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Petkoff
Robert Petkoff narrates 385 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,502 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
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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
On Tennis: Five Essays is an audiobook by David Foster Wallace: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Petkoff, released June 24, 2014, on the Essays & Anthologies and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Petkoff
- Released
- June 24, 2014
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781478929611
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On Tennis: Five Essays audiobook?
On Tennis: Five Essays runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is the On Tennis: Five Essays audiobook free?
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Who narrates On Tennis: Five Essays?
On Tennis: Five Essays is narrated by Robert Petkoff.