Charles Dickens: A Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Charles Dickens: A Life audiobook runs 15.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 10.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.4 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Alex Jennings
Alex Jennings narrates 137 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,153 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
350 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2012 recording read by Alex Jennings runs 1.2 hours longer (16.5 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
Charles Dickens: A Life is an audiobook by Claire Tomalin: a 15.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released December 14, 2011, on the History & Culture and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alex Jennings
- Released
- December 14, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Europe
- ISBN
- 9780141972732
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Charles Dickens: A Life audiobook?
Charles Dickens: A Life runs 15.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.3 hours.
Is the Charles Dickens: A Life audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Charles Dickens: A Life?
Charles Dickens: A Life is narrated by Alex Jennings.
Is Charles Dickens: A Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.3 hours, saving 5.1 hours.