Being a Boy: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Being a Boy audiobook runs 3.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Mark Penfold (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.1 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark Penfold
Mark Penfold narrates 49 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 151 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
123 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Sebastian Cox runs 0.1 hours shorter (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
Being a Boy is an audiobook by Charles Dudley Warner: a 3.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark Penfold, released January 1, 2016, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark Penfold
- Released
- January 1, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Being a Boy audiobook?
Being a Boy runs 3.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.
Is the Being a Boy audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Being a Boy?
Being a Boy is narrated by Mark Penfold.