The Sorrows of Young Werther: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sorrows of Young Werther runs 4.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
2,654 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Railway Children
- Infinity Blade: Awakening
- Good Omens: The BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas
- Siddhartha
Other recordings
- The 2026 recording read by Edoardo Ballerini runs 0.5 hours shorter (4.3 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by Stevan Gerald runs about the same length (4.8 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by Stevan Gerald runs about the same length (4.8 hours).
- The 2016 recording read by Leighton Pugh runs 0.2 hours shorter (4.5 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 Sorrows of Young Werther is an audiobook by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- LibriVox Volunteers
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sorrows of Young Werther as an audiobook?
The Sorrows of Young Werther runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
Is The Sorrows of Young Werther free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sorrows of Young Werther?
The Sorrows of Young Werther is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.