Dombey and Son: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dombey and Son audiobook runs 40.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Mil Nicholson (about 27 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 40.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 81 days |
| 1 hour / day | 41 days |
| 2 hours / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 27 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 40.5 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 22,803 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mil Nicholson
Mil Nicholson narrates 19 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 315 hours in all.
- The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (Version 2)
- Lion of Ireland
- Murder in Her Stocking
- 1972
- In In the Shadow of Frankenstein: Tales of the Modern Prometheus
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
35 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Assassin's Fate: Book III of the Fitz and the Fool trilogy
- The Mirror & the Light
- The Pillars of the Earth
- Paris
- Once an Eagle
Other recordings
- The 2012 recording read by Full Cast and Robert Glenister runs 35.9 hours shorter (4.6 hours).
- The 2019 recording read by Jennifer Mccarthy runs 0.8 hours shorter (39.7 hours).
- The 2007 recording read by Frederick Davidson runs 3.5 hours shorter (37 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Dombey and Son is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 40.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mil Nicholson, released January 1, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 40.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mil Nicholson
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Dombey and Son audiobook?
Dombey and Son runs 40.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 27 hours.
Is the Dombey and Son audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Dombey and Son?
Dombey and Son is narrated by Mil Nicholson.
Is Dombey and Son worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 27 hours, saving 13.5 hours.