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BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages by Louisa May Alcott, Edith Nesbit

BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages audiobook runs 21.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Joseph Ayre and Shaun Mason and others (about 14.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21.9listening hrs
Classics (Kids)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day44 days
1 hour / day22 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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What our data says

  • At 21.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 1,718 Classics (Kids) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Kids) shelf

3 Classics (Kids) 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

BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages is an audiobook by Louisa May Alcott, Edith Nesbit and Oscar Wilde: a 21.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Ayre, Shaun Mason and Sam Dale and others, released June 3, 2021, on the Classics (Kids) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
21.9 hrs
Narrated by
Joseph Ayre, Shaun Mason, Sam Dale, Sarah Ovens, Tony Turner, Carolyn Pickles
Released
June 3, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Kids)
ISBN
9781529142549

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages audiobook?

BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages runs 21.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.6 hours.

Is the BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages audiobook free?

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

Who narrates BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages?

BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages is narrated by Joseph Ayre, Shaun Mason, Sam Dale and Sarah Ovens and others.

Is BBC Classics Children’s Library: A timeless collection of 21 tales for all ages worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.6 hours, saving 7.3 hours.