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The Devil's Dictionary by Ambrose Bierce

The Devil's Dictionary: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Devil's Dictionary runs 8.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 5.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.6listening hrs
Comedy, Satire & Parodystore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Devil's Dictionary at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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

What our data says

  • At 8.6 hours, it runs longer than 73% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf

577 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2023 recording read by Robert G Slade runs 0.2 hours longer (8.8 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 Devil's Dictionary is an audiobook by Ambrose Bierce: a 8.6-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.6 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Comedy, Satire & Parody

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Devil's Dictionary as an audiobook?

The Devil's Dictionary runs 8.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.7 hours.

Is The Devil's Dictionary free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Devil's Dictionary?

The Devil's Dictionary is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.