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The Victim by Saul Bellow

The Victim: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Victim runs 9.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joe Barrett (about 6.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Victim at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day19 days
1 hour / day10 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 9.5 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,992 Literary Fiction 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 Victim is an audiobook by Saul Bellow: a 9.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Joe Barrett, released January 19, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.5 hrs
Narrated by
Joe Barrett
Released
January 19, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781481589369

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Victim as an audiobook?

The Victim runs 9.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.4 hours.

Is The Victim free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Victim?

The Victim is narrated by Joe Barrett.