Select Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Select Essays audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Clive Chafer (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Clive Chafer
Clive Chafer narrates 45 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 583 hours in all.
- The Rise of Rome: The Making of the World's Greatest Empire
- Tudors: The History of England from Henry VIII to Elizabeth I
- Foundation: The History of England from Its Earliest Beginnings to the Tudors
- Rebellion: The History of England from James I to the Glorious Revolution
- Echoes of Sherlock Holmes: Stories Inspired by the Holmes Canon
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
349 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Select Essays is an audiobook by Michel De Montaigne: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Clive Chafer, released May 25, 2011, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Clive Chafer
- Released
- May 25, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781452672588
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Select Essays audiobook?
Select Essays runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.
Is the Select Essays audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Select Essays?
Select Essays is narrated by Clive Chafer.