The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 30 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joe Barrett
Joe Barrett narrates 394 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,244 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
605 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
- The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
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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 Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War is an audiobook by Michael Gorra: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released December 29, 2020, on the The Americas shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joe Barrett
- Released
- December 29, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781696600354
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War as an audiobook?
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.
Is The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War?
The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War is narrated by Joe Barrett.
Is The Saddest Words: William Faulkner's Civil War worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.