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Mathilda by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Mathilda: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mathilda audiobook runs 4 hours unabridged, narrated by Cori Samuel (about 2.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Mathilda at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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

What our data says

  • At 4 hours, it is shorter than 56% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

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

Other recordings

  • The 2026 recording read by Liz Leafloor runs 0.2 hours longer (4.2 hours).
  • The 2025 recording read by Frances Butt runs 4.3 hours longer (8.3 hours).
  • The 2018 recording read by Kary Wilson runs 0.4 hours longer (4.4 hours).
  • The 2015 recording read by Sarah Douglas runs 0.2 hours shorter (3.7 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

Mathilda is an audiobook by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: a 4-hour unabridged recording, read by Cori Samuel, released January 1, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4 hrs
Narrated by
Cori Samuel
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Mathilda audiobook?

Mathilda runs 4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.6 hours.

Is the Mathilda audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Mathilda?

Mathilda is narrated by Cori Samuel.