Desperate Remedies: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desperate Remedies audiobook runs 15.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Melody Grove (about 10.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 32 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 15.8 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Melody Grove
Melody Grove narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 338 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
322 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 2.1 hours shorter (13.7 hours).
- The 2018 recording read by Anna Bentinck runs 2 hours longer (17.7 hours).
- The 2016 recording read by LibriVox Volunteers runs 0.2 hours longer (16 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
Desperate Remedies is an audiobook by Thomas Hardy: a 15.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Melody Grove, released June 6, 2013, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Melody Grove
- Released
- June 6, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781471235818
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desperate Remedies audiobook?
Desperate Remedies runs 15.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.5 hours.
Is the Desperate Remedies audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desperate Remedies?
Desperate Remedies is narrated by Melody Grove.
Is Desperate Remedies worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.5 hours, saving 5.3 hours.