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Redburn: His First Voyage by Herman Melville

Redburn: His First Voyage: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Redburn: His First Voyage audiobook runs 12.7 hours unabridged, narrated by James K. White (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.7listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Redburn: His First Voyage at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.7 hours, it runs longer than 81% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

880 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2022 recording read by The Ark and Geoffrey Giuliano runs about the same length (12.7 hours).
  • The 2019 recording read by James O'connell runs 0.2 hours shorter (12.5 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

Redburn: His First Voyage is an audiobook by Herman Melville: a 12.7-hour unabridged recording, read by James K. White, released January 1, 2011, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.7 hrs
Narrated by
James K. White
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Redburn: His First Voyage audiobook?

Redburn: His First Voyage runs 12.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.

Is the Redburn: His First Voyage audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Redburn: His First Voyage?

Redburn: His First Voyage is narrated by James K. White.

Is Redburn: His First Voyage worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.