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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner runs 0.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Samantha Novak (about 0.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

0.5listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

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What our data says

  • At 0.5 hours, it is shorter than 89% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

177 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Kristin LeMoine runs about the same length (0.5 hours).
  • The 2026 recording read by Tony Addison runs about the same length (0.4 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Justin Avoth runs about the same length (0.5 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by Gregory Dwyer runs 0.1 hours longer (0.6 hours).
  • The 2001 recording read by Richard Burton runs 0.4 hours longer (0.9 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 Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an audiobook by Samuel Taylor Coleridge: a 0.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Samantha Novak, released May 17, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
0.5 hrs
Narrated by
Samantha Novak
Released
May 17, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781662118920

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an audiobook?

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner runs 0.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.3 hours.

Is The Rime of the Ancient Mariner free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Rime of the Ancient Mariner?

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is narrated by Samantha Novak.