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A Dream Life by Claire Messud

A Dream Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Dream Life runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Claire Messud (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Dream Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it is shorter than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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

A Dream Life is an audiobook by Claire Messud: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Claire Messud, released December 27, 2022, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Claire Messud
Released
December 27, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781705068526

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Dream Life as an audiobook?

A Dream Life runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.

Is A Dream Life free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Dream Life?

A Dream Life is narrated by Claire Messud.