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Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s by Frederick Lewis Allen

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s: Audiobook

Part of Wiley Investment Classics

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s audiobook runs 11.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 69% of the 7,179 World 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

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s is an audiobook by Frederick Lewis Allen: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released August 6, 2010, on the World and The Americas shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Grover Gardner
Released
August 6, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, The Americas
Series
Wiley Investment Classics
ISBN
9781481597647

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s audiobook?

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is the Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s audiobook free?

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Who narrates Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s?

Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s is narrated by Grover Gardner.

Is Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.