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The Good Soldier Svejk by Jaroslav Hasek

The Good Soldier Svejk: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Good Soldier Svejk runs 28.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Horovitch (about 19.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

28.7listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 28.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Good Soldier Svejk at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day58 days
1 hour / day29 days
2 hours / day15 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×20 days

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

What our data says

  • At 28.7 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

131 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2010 recording read by Adrian Lukis and Sam Kelly runs 26.9 hours shorter (1.9 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 Good Soldier Svejk is an audiobook by Jaroslav Hasek: a 28.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Horovitch, released July 1, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
28.7 hrs
Narrated by
David Horovitch
Released
July 1, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781004133819

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Good Soldier Svejk as an audiobook?

The Good Soldier Svejk runs 28.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 19.2 hours.

Is The Good Soldier Svejk free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Good Soldier Svejk?

The Good Soldier Svejk is narrated by David Horovitch.

Is The Good Soldier Svejk worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 19.2 hours, saving 9.6 hours.