On the Duty of Civil Disobedience: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Duty of Civil Disobedience audiobook runs 1.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Gord MacKenzie (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
89 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2017 recording read by Robert Bethune runs 0.4 hours shorter (1 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by Alfred Costa runs 0.2 hours shorter (1.2 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by Anna Isaksen runs 0.5 hours shorter (0.9 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by Graham Dunlop runs 0.5 hours shorter (0.9 hours).
- The 2022 recording read by George Easton runs 0.5 hours shorter (0.8 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
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is an audiobook by Henry David Thoreau: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Gord MacKenzie, released January 1, 2011, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gord MacKenzie
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Duty of Civil Disobedience audiobook?
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.
Is the On the Duty of Civil Disobedience audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On the Duty of Civil Disobedience?
On the Duty of Civil Disobedience is narrated by Gord MacKenzie.