Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry audiobook runs 8.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Karen Karbiener (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
4,708 Literature 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
Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry is an audiobook by Karen Karbiener: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Karbiener, released September 18, 2009, on the Literature and Biography & Memoir shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Karen Karbiener
- Released
- September 18, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literature, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781436174008
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry audiobook?
Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry audiobook free?
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Who narrates Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry?
Walt Whitman and the Birth of Modern American Poetry is narrated by Karen Karbiener.