The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding runs 7.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kimberly Farr (about 5.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 7.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kimberly Farr
Kimberly Farr narrates 162 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,810 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
1,751 Social Science 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 Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding is an audiobook by Joseph J. Ellis: a 7.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Kimberly Farr, released October 28, 2025, on the Social Science and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kimberly Farr
- Released
- October 28, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science, The Americas, World
- ISBN
- 9798217165636
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding as an audiobook?
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding runs 7.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.3 hours.
Is The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding?
The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding is narrated by Kimberly Farr.