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One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 by Rosemary Ashton

One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 audiobook runs 12.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Corrie James (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.2listening hrs
Europestore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.2 hours of listening.

Days to finish One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.2 hours, it runs longer than 71% of the 3,272 Europe audiobooks in our catalog.

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

One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 is an audiobook by Rosemary Ashton: a 12.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Corrie James, released August 1, 2017, on the Europe shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.2 hrs
Narrated by
Corrie James
Released
August 1, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Europe
ISBN
9781541479722

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 audiobook?

One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 runs 12.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is the One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 audiobook free?

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

Who narrates One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858?

One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 is narrated by Corrie James.

Is One Hot Summer: Dickens, Darwin, Disraeli, and the Great Stink of 1858 worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4.1 hours.