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Little Women by Loiusa May Alcott

Little Women: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Little Women audiobook runs 18 hours unabridged, narrated by Francesca Peters (about 12 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

18listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 18 hours of listening.

Days to finish Little Women at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 18 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

517 Literary Fiction 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

Little Women is an audiobook by Loiusa May Alcott: a 18-hour unabridged recording, read by Francesca Peters, released February 3, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
18 hrs
Narrated by
Francesca Peters
Released
February 3, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Drama, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9798240063046

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Little Women audiobook?

Little Women runs 18 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12 hours.

Is the Little Women audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Little Women?

Little Women is narrated by Francesca Peters.

Is Little Women worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12 hours, saving 6 hours.