The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Arthur Morey (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Arthur Morey
Arthur Morey narrates 401 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,630 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
991 World 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 Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization is an audiobook by Martin Puchner: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Arthur Morey, released October 24, 2017, on the World and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Arthur Morey
- Released
- October 24, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, History & Culture, Literature
- ISBN
- 9780525524571
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization as an audiobook?
The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization?
The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization is narrated by Arthur Morey.
Is The Written World: The Power of Stories to Shape People, History, Civilization worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.