The Essays: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Essays runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Thomas Judd (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Thomas Judd
Thomas Judd narrates 163 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,449 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
209 Essays & Anthologies 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 Essays is an audiobook by Michel Montaigne: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Thomas Judd, released February 25, 2021, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thomas Judd
- Released
- February 25, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780141997896
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Essays as an audiobook?
The Essays runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The Essays free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Essays?
The Essays is narrated by Thomas Judd.
Is The Essays worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.