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The Nonexistent Knight by Italo Calvino

The Nonexistent Knight: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Nonexistent Knight runs 4.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jefferson Mays (about 2.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.2listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Nonexistent Knight 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

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

What our data says

  • At 4.2 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

302 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 Nonexistent Knight is an audiobook by Italo Calvino: a 4.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jefferson Mays, released August 10, 2018, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.2 hrs
Narrated by
Jefferson Mays
Released
August 10, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781501963537

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Nonexistent Knight as an audiobook?

The Nonexistent Knight runs 4.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.8 hours.

Is The Nonexistent Knight free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Nonexistent Knight?

The Nonexistent Knight is narrated by Jefferson Mays.