The Confessions: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Confessions runs 30 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frederick Davidson (about 20 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 30 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 60 days |
| 1 hour / day | 30 days |
| 2 hours / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 20 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 30 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Frederick Davidson
Frederick Davidson narrates 122 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,812 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
55 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
The Confessions is an audiobook by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: a 30-hour unabridged recording, read by Frederick Davidson, released April 10, 2012, on the History & Culture and Law & Politics shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 30 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frederick Davidson
- Released
- April 10, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Law & Politics, Literature
- ISBN
- 9781483073125
How to listen to The Confessions free
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Confessions as an audiobook?
The Confessions runs 30 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 20 hours.
Is The Confessions free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Confessions?
The Confessions is narrated by Frederick Davidson.
Is The Confessions worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 20 hours, saving 10 hours.