On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Books about Books series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece audiobook runs 5.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Charles Armstrong (about 3.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.1 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Books about Books
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 11.5 hours in all.
More narrated by Charles Armstrong
Charles Armstrong narrates 111 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,099 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
245 History & Culture 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
On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece is book 1 of D.J. Taylor's Books about Books series: a 5.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Armstrong, released October 15, 2019, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Charles Armstrong
- Released
- October 15, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- Series
- Books about Books #1
- ISBN
- 9781666579697
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece audiobook?
On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece runs 5.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.4 hours.
Is the On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece audiobook free?
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Who narrates On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece?
On Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Story of George Orwell's Masterpiece is narrated by Charles Armstrong.