Down and Out in Paris and London: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Down and Out in Paris and London audiobook runs 6.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Frederick Davidson (about 4.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 6.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.6 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 5,930 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Frederick Davidson
Frederick Davidson narrates 50 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 695 hours in all.
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- The Gulag Archipelago Volume 2: An Experiment in Literary Investigation
- Sharpe’s Gold: Richard Sharpe and the Destruction of Almeida, August 1810
- Sharpe’s Eagle: Richard Sharpe and the Talavera Campaign, July 1809
- A History of Europe: Part Two
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
603 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Mark Bowen runs 1.1 hours longer (7.6 hours).
- The 2022 recording read by Lynne Kempton runs 0.9 hours longer (7.4 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
Down and Out in Paris and London is an audiobook by George Orwell: a 6.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Frederick Davidson, released May 1, 1993, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Frederick Davidson
- Released
- May 1, 1993
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Social Science
- ISBN
- 9781481546591
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Down and Out in Paris and London audiobook?
Down and Out in Paris and London runs 6.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.4 hours.
Is the Down and Out in Paris and London audiobook free?
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Who narrates Down and Out in Paris and London?
Down and Out in Paris and London is narrated by Frederick Davidson.