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False Dawn by Edith Wharton

False Dawn: Audiobook

by Edith Wharton · narrated by Derek Jacobi · unabridged · 2013

Part of The Old New York Series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the False Dawn audiobook runs 2.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Derek Jacobi (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2.1listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2013released
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Based on 2.1 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 2.1 hours, it is shorter than 67% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Derek Jacobi

Derek Jacobi narrates 63 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 527 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

183 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

False Dawn is an audiobook by Edith Wharton: a 2.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Derek Jacobi, released March 20, 2013, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2.1 hrs
Narrated by
Derek Jacobi
Released
March 20, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
Series
The Old New York Series
ISBN
9781572706576

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the False Dawn audiobook?

False Dawn runs 2.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.

Is the False Dawn audiobook free?

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Who narrates False Dawn?

False Dawn is narrated by Derek Jacobi.