Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea audiobook runs 16.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Kirby Heyborne (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 3,098 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kirby Heyborne
Kirby Heyborne narrates 314 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,919 hours in all.
About as long, on the The Americas shelf
309 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea is an audiobook by Richard Henry Dana Jr.: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kirby Heyborne, released December 31, 2010, on the The Americas and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kirby Heyborne
- Released
- December 31, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- The Americas, Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781452670317
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea audiobook?
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is the Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea?
Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea is narrated by Kirby Heyborne.
Is Two Years Before the Mast: A Personal Narrative of Life at Sea worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.