The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation runs 25.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frederick Davidson (about 17.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 25.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 52 days |
| 1 hour / day | 26 days |
| 2 hours / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 days |
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What our data says
- At 25.9 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 4,722 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Frederick Davidson
Frederick Davidson narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 695 hours in all.
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation is an audiobook by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn: a 25.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Frederick Davidson, released October 13, 2020, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Literature shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 25.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frederick Davidson
- Released
- October 13, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Literature, History
- ISBN
- 9780063045187
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation as an audiobook?
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation runs 25.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 17.3 hours.
Is The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation?
The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation is narrated by Frederick Davidson.
Is The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 17.3 hours, saving 8.6 hours.