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The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Death of Ivan Ilyich runs 2.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Oliver Ford Davies (about 1.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Death of Ivan Ilyich at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day6 days
1 hour / day3 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 2.9 hours, it is shorter than 62% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2021 recording read by Michael Beck runs 0.2 hours shorter (2.7 hours).
  • The 2008 recording read by George Guidall runs 0.2 hours shorter (2.6 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by Constantine Gregory runs 0.1 hours shorter (2.7 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 0.7 hours shorter (2.1 hours).
  • The 2017 recording read by David Shaw-Parker runs 0.1 hours shorter (2.8 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 Death of Ivan Ilyich is an audiobook by Leo Tolstoy: a 2.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Ford Davies, released January 1, 2008, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.9 hrs
Narrated by
Oliver Ford Davies
Released
January 1, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9789629545703

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Death of Ivan Ilyich as an audiobook?

The Death of Ivan Ilyich runs 2.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.9 hours.

Is The Death of Ivan Ilyich free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Death of Ivan Ilyich?

The Death of Ivan Ilyich is narrated by Oliver Ford Davies.