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The Secret Agent by Joeseph Conrad

The Secret Agent: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Secret Agent runs 9.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Ward (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.8listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Secret Agent at common listening paces
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2 hours / day5 days
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What our data says

  • At 9.8 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

505 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 Secret Agent is an audiobook by Joeseph Conrad: a 9.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Ward, released November 18, 2025, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.8 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Ward
Released
November 18, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9798295358326

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Secret Agent as an audiobook?

The Secret Agent runs 9.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

Is The Secret Agent free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Secret Agent?

The Secret Agent is narrated by Michael Ward.