The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy runs 8.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David De Vries (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 18 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 8.9 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David De Vries
David De Vries narrates 232 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,355 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
994 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy is an audiobook by Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes: a 8.9-hour unabridged recording, read by David De Vries, released January 7, 2020, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- David De Vries
- Released
- January 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe
- ISBN
- 9781799739074
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy as an audiobook?
The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy runs 8.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy?
The Light That Failed: Why the West Is Losing the Fight for Democracy is narrated by David De Vries.