The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life runs 23.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robin Field (about 15.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 days |
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What our data says
- At 23.2 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 1,603 Biology & Chemistry audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robin Field
Robin Field narrates 43 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 424 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf
8 Biology & Chemistry 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 Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life is an audiobook by Charles Darwin: a 23.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Field, released September 30, 2011, on the Biology & Chemistry shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robin Field
- Released
- September 30, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biology & Chemistry
- ISBN
- 9781483090443
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life as an audiobook?
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life runs 23.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.4 hours.
Is The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life?
The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life is narrated by Robin Field.
Is The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: or, The Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.4 hours, saving 7.7 hours.