On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1 audiobook runs 6.1 hours unabridged, narrated by James Cameron Stewart (about 4.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.1 hours, it runs longer than 59% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy 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 the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1 is an audiobook by Seneca The Younger: a 6.1-hour unabridged recording, read by James Cameron Stewart, released May 3, 2016, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- James Cameron Stewart
- Released
- May 3, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 9781004132799
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On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1 runs 6.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.1 hours.
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Who narrates On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1?
On the Shortness of Life, On the Happy Life, and Other Essays: Essays, Volume 1 is narrated by James Cameron Stewart.