Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China audiobook runs 16.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Jolene Kim (about 11 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 2,732 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
153 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China is an audiobook by Jung Chang: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jolene Kim, released October 29, 2013, on the History & Culture and Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jolene Kim
- Released
- October 29, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture, Women, Asia
- ISBN
- 9780804149037
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China audiobook?
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11 hours.
Is the Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China?
Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China is narrated by Jolene Kim.
Is Empress Dowager Cixi: The Concubine Who Launched Modern China worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11 hours, saving 5.5 hours.