On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader audiobook runs 1 hours unabridged, narrated by Scott R Smith (about 0.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 1 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
178 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader is an audiobook by Lucius Seneca and James Harris: a 1-hour unabridged recording, read by Scott R Smith, released September 13, 2016, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Scott R Smith
- Released
- September 13, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9798318374371
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader audiobook?
On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader runs 1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.7 hours.
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Who narrates On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader?
On the Shortness of Life: Adapted for the Contemporary Reader is narrated by Scott R Smith.