The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics runs 7.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ethan Hawke (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.3 hours, it is shorter than 68% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 58 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,929 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 Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics is an audiobook by Jack Kerouac: a 7.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ethan Hawke, released May 20, 2021, on the Coming of Age and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ethan Hawke
- Released
- May 20, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Coming of Age, Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241545980
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics as an audiobook?
The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics runs 7.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.
Is The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics?
The Dharma Bums: Penguin Modern Classics is narrated by Ethan Hawke.