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Charleston by John Jakes

Charleston: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Charleston audiobook runs 18.5 hours unabridged, narrated by George Guidall (about 12.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Charleston at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day37 days
1 hour / day19 days
2 hours / day10 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×13 days

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What our data says

  • At 18.5 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

625 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

Charleston is an audiobook by John Jakes: a 18.5-hour unabridged recording, read by George Guidall, released January 4, 2011, on the Historical (Fiction) and Westerns & War shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18.5 hrs
Narrated by
George Guidall
Released
January 4, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Westerns & War, Drama
ISBN
9781442343078

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Charleston audiobook?

Charleston runs 18.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.3 hours.

Is the Charleston audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Charleston?

Charleston is narrated by George Guidall.

Is Charleston worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.3 hours, saving 6.2 hours.