Two Years Before the Mast: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Two Years Before the Mast audiobook runs 17.7 hours unabridged, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
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 |
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 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 2,099 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
105 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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 is an audiobook by Jr. Richard Henry Dana: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released August 26, 2016, on the Essays & Anthologies and Non-Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- LibriVox Volunteers
- Released
- August 26, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies, Non-Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Two Years Before the Mast audiobook?
Two Years Before the Mast runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is the Two Years Before the Mast audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Two Years Before the Mast?
Two Years Before the Mast is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.
Is Two Years Before the Mast worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.