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1876 by Gore Vidal

1876: Audiobook

Book 3 of the Narratives of Empire series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the 1876 audiobook runs 16.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 10.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.2listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish 1876 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.2 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Narratives of Empire

This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 54.4 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 130.4 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1Burr21.4 hrs
2Lincoln33 hrs
3187616.2 hrs
4Empire23.4 hrs
5Hollywood21.5 hrs
6Washington, D.C.15 hrs

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

1,107 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

1876 is book 3 of Gore Vidal's Narratives of Empire series: a 16.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released August 6, 2019, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.2 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
August 6, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
Series
Narratives of Empire #3
ISBN
9781543696653

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the 1876 audiobook?

1876 runs 16.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.8 hours.

Is the 1876 audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates 1876?

1876 is narrated by Grover Gardner.

Is 1876 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.8 hours, saving 5.4 hours.