12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C audiobook runs 53.2 hours unabridged, narrated by David McCord and Angela S. Clark and others (about 35.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 53.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 107 days |
| 1 hour / day | 54 days |
| 2 hours / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 36 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 53.2 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf
12 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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
12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C is an audiobook by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Lyman Frank Baum and Robert Louis Stevenson: a 53.2-hour unabridged recording, read by David McCord, Angela S. Clark and Chris Dabbs and others, released January 16, 2025, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 53.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- David McCord, Angela S. Clark, Chris Dabbs, Oliver Moore, Candy Preston, Sarah Rife
- Released
- January 16, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Action & Adventure (Fiction), Fairy Tales & Folklore (Kids)
- ISBN
- 4069828071551
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How long is the 12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C audiobook?
12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C runs 53.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 35.5 hours.
Is the 12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C audiobook free?
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Who narrates 12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C?
12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C is narrated by David McCord, Angela S. Clark, Chris Dabbs and Oliver Moore and others.
Is 12 Classic Books You Need to Read Before You Grow up: Little Prince, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Peter Pan, Secret Garden, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Pollyanna, 2000 Leagues under the Sea, A Christmas Carol, C worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 35.5 hours, saving 17.7 hours.