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Barchester Towers by Anthony Trollope

Barchester Towers: Audiobook

by Anthony Trollope · narrated by LibriVox Volunteers · unabridged · 2016

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Barchester Towers audiobook runs 22.5 hours unabridged, narrated by LibriVox Volunteers (about 15 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

22.5listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2016released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 22.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Barchester Towers at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day45 days
1 hour / day23 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days
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What our data says

  • At 22.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

138 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by Margaret Hilton runs 0.5 hours shorter (21.9 hours).
  • The 2006 recording read by Simon Vance runs 3.6 hours shorter (18.9 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 4.1 hours shorter (18.4 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Barnaby Edwards runs 0.1 hours shorter (22.3 hours).

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

Barchester Towers is an audiobook by Anthony Trollope: a 22.5-hour unabridged recording, read by LibriVox Volunteers, released January 1, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
22.5 hrs
Narrated by
LibriVox Volunteers
Released
January 1, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Barchester Towers audiobook?

Barchester Towers runs 22.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15 hours.

Is the Barchester Towers audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Barchester Towers?

Barchester Towers is narrated by LibriVox Volunteers.

Is Barchester Towers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15 hours, saving 7.5 hours.