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Cover of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the David Copperfield audiobook runs 35.8 hours (about 23.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

35.8listening hrs
4.5★15 ratings
Romancegenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 35.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish David Copperfield at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day72 days
1 hour / day36 days
2 hours / day18 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×24 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any of the 2,187 audiobooks we measure.

What our data says

  • At 35.8 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the romance audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 326% longer than the average romance audiobook (8.4 hrs across 3598 titles in our dataset).

Computed from romance audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ). Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for romance listeners who want coming-of-age arcs: a long-haul epic at 35.8 hours.

About the book

David Copperfield is the story of a young man's adventures on his journey from an unhappy and impoverished childhood to the discovery of his vocation as a successful novelist. Among the gloriously vivid cast of characters he encounters are his tyrannical stepfather, Mr. Murdstone; his formidable aunt, Betsey Trotwood; the eternally humble yet treacherous Uriah Heep; frivolous, enchanting Dora; and the magnificently impecunious Micawber, one of literature's great comic creations. In David Copperfield—the novel he described as his "favorite child"—Dickens drew revealingly on his own experiences to create one of his most exuberant and enduringly popular works, filled with tragedy and comedy in equal measure

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the David Copperfield audiobook?

David Copperfield runs 35.8 hours. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 23.9 hours.

Is the David Copperfield audiobook free?

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

Is David Copperfield worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 23.9 hours, saving 11.9 hours. Most listeners adjust to 1.25–1.5× within a chapter or two.

When was David Copperfield first published?

David Copperfield by Charles Dickens was first published in 1800.