On the Road: the Original Scroll: Audiobook
Part of Penguin Audio Classics
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Road: the Original Scroll audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by John Ventimiglia (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
898 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
On the Road: the Original Scroll is an audiobook by Jack Kerouac: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by John Ventimiglia, released September 5, 2007, on the Coming of Age and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Ventimiglia
- Released
- September 5, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- Series
- Penguin Audio Classics
- ISBN
- 9781429505710
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Road: the Original Scroll audiobook?
On the Road: the Original Scroll runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is the On the Road: the Original Scroll audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On the Road: the Original Scroll?
On the Road: the Original Scroll is narrated by John Ventimiglia.
Is On the Road: the Original Scroll worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.