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What is Art? by Leo Tolstoy

What is Art?: Audiobook

by Leo Tolstoy · narrated by Russ Bain · unabridged · 2026

Part of Bloomsbury Revelations

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the What is Art? audiobook runs 7.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Russ Bain (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.1listening hrs
Literaturestore shelf
2026released
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What our data says

  • At 7.1 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Russ Bain

Russ Bain narrates 27 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 212 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literature shelf

3,868 Literature audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by George Easton runs 0.4 hours shorter (6.7 hours).
  • The 2008 recording read by Geoffrey Blaisdell runs 0.5 hours shorter (6.5 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 is Art? is an audiobook by Leo Tolstoy: a 7.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Russ Bain, released May 14, 2026, on the Literature shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.1 hrs
Narrated by
Russ Bain
Released
May 14, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literature
Series
Bloomsbury Revelations
ISBN
9781350603004

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the What is Art? audiobook?

What is Art? runs 7.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

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Who narrates What is Art??

What is Art? is narrated by Russ Bain.