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The Long Ships: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Long Ships runs an estimated 14.8 hours (about 9.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.8est. listening hrs
4.0★28 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free with trial

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 14.8 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Long Ships at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

What our data says

  • At 14.8 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 76% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 26% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners who want a historical setting: a solid week of commutes at 14.8 hours (estimated).

About the book

Med en stor portion humor och en berättarglädje som knappast har något motstycke i den svenska litteraturen är Röde Orm en av våra få verkligt levande klassiker som har fängslat generationer av läsare. Orms äventyr börjar när han som yngling av en slump hamnar på ett vikingaskepp. Hans fortsatta öden berättas i dråpliga episoder om hans tid som galärslav och livvakt hos kalifens visir Almansur i Hispanien, om julgillet hos danernas kung Harald Blåtand, om engelske kung Ethelreds silver och utfärden österut efter bulgarguldet. Hans resor kantas av möten med judiska silversmeder, irländska munkar, isländska skalder, vilda patzinaker och med sig har han ständige följeslagaren Toke. Röde Orm har kallats en sällsynt lyckad förening av fornnordisk och österländsk saga och utspelar sig kring år 1000, när vikingarna härjade längs Europas kuster och i de ryska flodsystemen, men också tog intryck av de folk och kulturer de mötte.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Long Ships as an audiobook?

The Long Ships runs about 14.8 hours, our estimate from its 502 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.9 hours.

Can I listen to The Long Ships free?

Yes, with the audiobooks.com free trial. Start the trial, get The Long Ships included, and cancel anytime; the trial stays free.

Is The Long Ships worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.9 hours, saving 4.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was The Long Ships first published?

The Long Ships by Frans Gunnar Bengtsson was first published in 1943.