170 Chinese Poems: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Waley's Chinese Poetry series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 170 Chinese Poems audiobook runs 4.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Charles Featherstone (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.7 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 893 Asia audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Waley's Chinese Poetry
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 8.3 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 170 Chinese Poems | 4.7 hrs |
| 2 | More Translations From The Chinese: Classic Chinese poems translated by the first great English popularizer | 3.6 hrs |
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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
170 Chinese Poems is book 1 of Arthur Waley's Waley's Chinese Poetry series: a 4.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Featherstone, released October 9, 2024, on the Asia shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charles Featherstone
- Released
- October 9, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Asia
- Series
- Waley's Chinese Poetry #1
- ISBN
- 9798875186653
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the 170 Chinese Poems audiobook?
170 Chinese Poems runs 4.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
Is the 170 Chinese Poems audiobook free?
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Who narrates 170 Chinese Poems?
170 Chinese Poems is narrated by Charles Featherstone.