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The Open Boat by Stephen Crane

The Open Boat: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Open Boat runs 1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Richard Rohan (about 0.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2015released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Open Boat at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day2 days
1 hour / day1 day
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×1 day

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

What our data says

  • At 1 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Mike Polischuk runs 0.1 hours longer (1.1 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Ghizela Rowe and Eric Meyers runs 0.2 hours longer (1.2 hours).
  • The 2017 recording read by Cathy Dobson runs about the same length (1.1 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 Open Boat is an audiobook by Stephen Crane: a 1-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Rohan, released September 1, 2015, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Rohan
Released
September 1, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781593161170

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Open Boat as an audiobook?

The Open Boat runs 1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.7 hours.

Is The Open Boat free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Open Boat?

The Open Boat is narrated by Richard Rohan.