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What I Believe by Bertrand Russell

What I Believe: Audiobook

by Bertrand Russell · narrated by Richard Mitchley · unabridged · 2026

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What I Believe audiobook runs 2 hours unabridged, narrated by Richard Mitchley (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

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Lessons in Philosophystore shelf
2026released
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What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 4,248 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Richard Mitchley

Richard Mitchley narrates 599 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,080 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf

133 Lessons in Philosophy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 1995 recording read by Terrence Hardiman runs 0.4 hours longer (2.4 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

What I Believe is an audiobook by Bertrand Russell: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Richard Mitchley, released September 7, 2026, on the Lessons in Philosophy shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Richard Mitchley
Released
September 7, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Lessons in Philosophy
ISBN
9781696621793

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How long is the What I Believe audiobook?

What I Believe runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.

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Who narrates What I Believe?

What I Believe is narrated by Richard Mitchley.