Hard Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Hard Times audiobook runs 11 hours unabridged, narrated by Various Readers (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 22 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11 hours, it runs longer than 88% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Various Readers
Various Readers narrates 475 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,903 hours in all.
About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf
427 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2026 recording read by Andrew Jackson runs 1.2 hours shorter (9.7 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by James Harrington runs 1 hours shorter (9.9 hours).
- The 2024 recording read by Phil Benson runs 0.2 hours shorter (10.7 hours).
- The 2021 recording read by Geoffrey Giuliano And The Camden Towne Players runs 0.1 hours shorter (10.8 hours).
- The 2021 recording read by David Crandall and Cynthia Franklin runs 0.8 hours longer (11.7 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
Hard Times is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Various Readers, released January 1, 2011, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11 hrs
- Narrated by
- Various Readers
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Comedy, Satire & Parody
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Hard Times audiobook?
Hard Times runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.
Is the Hard Times audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Hard Times?
Hard Times is narrated by Various Readers.
Is Hard Times worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.