The World, the Text, and the Critic: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World, the Text, and the Critic runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Peter Ganim (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 8,990 Current Affairs, Law, & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Peter Ganim
Peter Ganim narrates 180 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,967 hours in all.
About as long, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics shelf
457 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 World, the Text, and the Critic is an audiobook by Edward W. Said: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Peter Ganim, released October 21, 2025, on the Current Affairs, Law, & Politics and Lessons in Philosophy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Peter Ganim
- Released
- October 21, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Current Affairs, Law, & Politics, Lessons in Philosophy, Literature
- ISBN
- 9798217165759
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World, the Text, and the Critic as an audiobook?
The World, the Text, and the Critic runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is The World, the Text, and the Critic free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World, the Text, and the Critic?
The World, the Text, and the Critic is narrated by Peter Ganim.
Is The World, the Text, and the Critic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.