The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal runs 20 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jeff Cummings (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 days |
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What our data says
- At 20 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jeff Cummings
Jeff Cummings narrates 142 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,370 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
286 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics 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 Selected Essays of Gore Vidal is an audiobook by Jay Parini (editor) and Gore Vidal: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Jeff Cummings, released July 2, 2019, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Essays & Anthologies shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jeff Cummings
- Released
- July 2, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781543696868
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal as an audiobook?
The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal?
The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal is narrated by Jeff Cummings.
Is The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.