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The House of the Dead by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The House of the Dead: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The House of the Dead runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nicholas Boulton (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The House of the Dead at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

409 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2018 recording read by James O'connell runs 0.8 hours shorter (11.4 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by Malk Williams runs 0.6 hours longer (12.8 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 House of the Dead is an audiobook by Fyodor Dostoyevsky: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Nicholas Boulton, released February 18, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Nicholas Boulton
Released
February 18, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781781982600

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The House of the Dead as an audiobook?

The House of the Dead runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The House of the Dead free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The House of the Dead?

The House of the Dead is narrated by Nicholas Boulton.

Is The House of the Dead worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.