Walden, or Life in the Woods: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Walden, or Life in the Woods audiobook runs 12.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Robert Bethune (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.5 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 |
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What our data says
- At 12.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Robert Bethune
Robert Bethune narrates 78 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 387 hours in all.
About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf
244 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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Other recordings
- The 2022 recording read by Linda Jones runs 0.1 hours longer (12.6 hours).
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
Walden, or Life in the Woods is an audiobook by Henry David Thoreau: a 12.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Robert Bethune, released November 7, 2017, on the Lessons in Philosophy and Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Robert Bethune
- Released
- November 7, 2017
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Lessons in Philosophy, Animals & Nature (Non-Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781666606911
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Walden, or Life in the Woods audiobook?
Walden, or Life in the Woods runs 12.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is the Walden, or Life in the Woods audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Walden, or Life in the Woods?
Walden, or Life in the Woods is narrated by Robert Bethune.
Is Walden, or Life in the Woods worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.2 hours.