The Allegory of the Cave: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Allegory of the Cave runs 0.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Coates (about 0.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.2 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Coates
Peter Coates narrates 452 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,685 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
7 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2019 recording read by Gil Anders runs 1.1 hours longer (1.2 hours).
- The 2018 recording read by Michael Scott runs about the same length (0.1 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Deaver Brown, Harvard AB & MBA runs 0.7 hours longer (0.9 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
The Allegory of the Cave is an audiobook by Plato: a 0.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Coates, released March 22, 2025, on the Essays & Anthologies and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Coates
- Released
- March 22, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Lessons in Philosophy
- ISBN
- 4069828265356
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Allegory of the Cave as an audiobook?
The Allegory of the Cave runs 0.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.1 hours.
Is The Allegory of the Cave free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Allegory of the Cave?
The Allegory of the Cave is narrated by Peter Coates.