The Actual: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Actual runs 3.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robert Fass (about 2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Fass
Robert Fass narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,196 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
206 Literary Fiction 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
The Actual is an audiobook by Saul Bellow: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Fass, released September 17, 2019, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Fass
- Released
- September 17, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781982672904
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Actual as an audiobook?
The Actual runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2 hours.
Is The Actual free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Actual?
The Actual is narrated by Robert Fass.