Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography audiobook runs 8.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Tess Hadley and Sam West and others (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.2 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Armando Iannucci
Armando Iannucci narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 68 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literature shelf
4,683 Literature 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
Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography is an audiobook by Tess Hadley, Sam West and Romesh Gunesekera: a 8.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Tess Hadley, Sam West and Romesh Gunesekera and others, released October 7, 2021, on the Biography & Memoir and Literature shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tess Hadley, Sam West, Romesh Gunesekera, A. L. Kennedy, Armando Iannucci, Claire Tomalin
- Released
- October 7, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir, Literature
- ISBN
- 9781529142358
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography audiobook?
Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography runs 8.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is the Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography?
Charles Dickens: A BBC Biography is narrated by Tess Hadley, Sam West, Romesh Gunesekera and A. L. Kennedy and others.