The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation runs 2.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tom Ferguson and Derek Jacobi (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 2.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day | 3 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 2.1 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tom Ferguson
Tom Ferguson narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 12 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
109 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 Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation is an audiobook by Herman Hesse: a 2.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Tom Ferguson and Derek Jacobi, released May 9, 2024, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 2.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tom Ferguson, Derek Jacobi
- Released
- May 9, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781529918243
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation as an audiobook?
The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation runs 2.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.
Is The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation?
The Glass Bead Game: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation is narrated by Tom Ferguson and Derek Jacobi.