Simply Descartes: Audiobook
Book 13 of the Great Lives series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Simply Descartes audiobook runs 4.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Esmée Cook (about 2.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.1 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Esmée Cook
Esmée Cook narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 32 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
200 History & Culture 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
Simply Descartes is book 13 of Kurt Smith's Great Lives series: a 4.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Esmée Cook, released May 14, 2019, on the History & Culture and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Esmée Cook
- Released
- May 14, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Lessons in Philosophy, Non-Fiction
- Series
- Great Lives #13
- ISBN
- 9781662253645
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Simply Descartes audiobook?
Simply Descartes runs 4.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.7 hours.
Is the Simply Descartes audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Simply Descartes?
Simply Descartes is narrated by Esmée Cook.