Thread: Longest audio book? Seveneves is 96 hours long!
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Old 06-03-2015, 05:05 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by tomsem View Post
One of the audiobook versions of Les Miserables is 69 hours long. The one I have (and have yet to read) is 60 hours long. And there is one that is only 51 hours long. But then Audible lists an unabridged Russian Edition that is only two and a half hours long. If only my Russian were good enough...

It is fascinating that there can be so much variation, depending on who is reading. But that is where it becomes essential to be able to adjust the playback speed. I often listen at 2x, depending on the speaker.
If they're different translations, that's another factor in addition to the narrator. And a scholarly introduction or afterword might be included.
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