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Round the Sofa by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

Round the Sofa: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Round the Sofa audiobook runs 16.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Noel Badrian (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.3listening hrs
Short Storiesstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Round the Sofa at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day33 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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

What our data says

  • At 16.3 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 4,891 Short Stories audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Noel Badrian

Noel Badrian narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 26 hours in all.

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

Round the Sofa is an audiobook by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell: a 16.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Noel Badrian, released January 1, 2011, on the Short Stories shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.3 hrs
Narrated by
Noel Badrian
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Short Stories

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Round the Sofa audiobook?

Round the Sofa runs 16.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.

Is the Round the Sofa audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Round the Sofa?

Round the Sofa is narrated by Noel Badrian.

Is Round the Sofa worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.4 hours.