Great Expectations: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Great Expectations audiobook runs 20.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Mark F. Smith (about 13.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.6 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Mark F. Smith
Mark F. Smith narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 620 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
973 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2008 recording read by Simon Vance runs 2.5 hours shorter (18 hours).
- The 2015 recording read by Michael Page runs 2.3 hours shorter (18.3 hours).
- The 2014 recording read by Tadhg Hynes runs 2.8 hours shorter (17.7 hours).
- The 2015 recording read by Gildart Jackson runs 0.3 hours longer (20.9 hours).
- The 2012 recording read by Geraldine Mcewan and Douglas Hodge runs 14.9 hours shorter (5.6 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
Great Expectations is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 20.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark F. Smith, released January 1, 2011, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Mark F. Smith
- 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 Great Expectations audiobook?
Great Expectations runs 20.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.7 hours.
Is the Great Expectations audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Great Expectations?
Great Expectations is narrated by Mark F. Smith.
Is Great Expectations worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.7 hours, saving 6.9 hours.