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Before Dorothy by Hazel Gaynor

Before Dorothy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before Dorothy audiobook runs 10.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld (about 7.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Before Dorothy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.6 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Saskia Maarleveld

Saskia Maarleveld narrates 612 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,444 hours in all.

All Saskia Maarleveld audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

3,580 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

Before Dorothy is an audiobook by Hazel Gaynor: a 10.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Saskia Maarleveld, released June 17, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.6 hrs
Narrated by
Saskia Maarleveld
Released
June 17, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women
ISBN
9798217074983

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Before Dorothy audiobook?

Before Dorothy runs 10.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.1 hours.

Is the Before Dorothy audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Before Dorothy?

Before Dorothy is narrated by Saskia Maarleveld.

Is Before Dorothy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.1 hours, saving 3.5 hours.