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The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories runs 8.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by George Guidall (about 5.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

8.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 8.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 8.7 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,666 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Johnny Flynn runs 0.8 hours longer (9.5 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 Metamorphosis: And Other Stories is an audiobook by Franz Kafka: a 8.7-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released December 28, 2011, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
8.7 hrs
Narrated by
George Guidall
Released
December 28, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781456124106

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories as an audiobook?

The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories runs 8.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.8 hours.

Is The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories?

The Metamorphosis: And Other Stories is narrated by George Guidall.