The Idiot: Audiobook
As an audiobook, The Idiot runs an estimated 18.3 hours, narrated by Alan Turton (about 12.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrumentWhen will you finish it?
Based on 18.3 hours of listening (estimated).
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 37 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 days |
You'll finish in–by –
What our data says
- At 18.3 hours (estimated), it runs longer than 90% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
- That's 56% longer than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).
Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.
Who is this for?
Best for historical fiction listeners: a long-haul epic at 18.3 hours (estimated).
About the book
Pevear and Volokhonsky may be the premier Russian-to-English translators of the era. (The New Yorker) Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky’s masterful translation of The Idiot is destined to stand with their versions of Crime and Punishment , The Brothers Karamazov , and Demons as the definitive Dostoevsky in English. After his great portrayal of a guilty man in Crime and Punishment , Dostoevsky set out in The Idiot to portray a man of pure innocence. The 26-year-old Prince Myshkin, following a stay of several years in a Swiss sanatorium, returns to Russia to collect an inheritance and “be among people”. Even before he reaches home, he meets the dark Rogozhin, a rich merchant’s son whose obsession with the beautiful Nastasya Filippovna eventually draws all three of them into a tragic denouement. In Petersburg, the prince finds himself a stranger in a society obsessed with money, power, and manipulation.
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Idiot as an audiobook?
The Idiot runs about 18.3 hours, our estimate from its 620 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.2 hours.
Is The Idiot free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Idiot?
The Idiot is narrated by Alan Turton.
Is The Idiot worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.2 hours, saving 6.1 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.
When was The Idiot first published?
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky was first published in 1874.
