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The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov

The Heart of a Dog: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Heart of a Dog runs 4.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ben Allen (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.5listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Heart of a Dog at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day9 days
1 hour / day5 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Ben Allen

Ben Allen narrates 77 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,224 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

327 Classics (Literature) 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 Heart of a Dog is an audiobook by Mikhail Bulgakov: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ben Allen, released February 27, 2025, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ben Allen
Released
February 27, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781805361114

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Heart of a Dog as an audiobook?

The Heart of a Dog runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.

Is The Heart of a Dog free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Heart of a Dog?

The Heart of a Dog is narrated by Ben Allen.