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Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments by Richard F. Burton

Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Kevin Foley (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments at common listening paces
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30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments is an audiobook by Richard F. Burton: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Kevin Foley, released February 23, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Kevin Foley
Released
February 23, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)
ISBN
9781452671079

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments audiobook?

Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is the Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments audiobook free?

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Who narrates Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments?

Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments is narrated by Kevin Foley.

Is Tales from the Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night: A Plain and Literal Translation of the Arabian Nights Entertainments worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.