North and South: Penguin Classics: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the North and South: Penguin Classics audiobook runs 19.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Gemma Whelan (about 12.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 19.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 39 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 19.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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Gemma Whelan narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 701 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
413 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
North and South: Penguin Classics is an audiobook by Elizabeth Gaskell: a 19.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Gemma Whelan, released September 26, 2019, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 19.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gemma Whelan
- Released
- September 26, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241422526
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the North and South: Penguin Classics audiobook?
North and South: Penguin Classics runs 19.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.9 hours.
Is the North and South: Penguin Classics audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates North and South: Penguin Classics?
North and South: Penguin Classics is narrated by Gemma Whelan.
Is North and South: Penguin Classics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.9 hours, saving 6.4 hours.