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Cover of Silas Marner by George Eliot, John O'Connor, Mary Anne Evans

Silas Marner: Audiobook

The Silas Marner audiobook runs an estimated 7.1 hours (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.1est. listening hrs
3.8★5 ratings
Mysterygenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 7.1 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish Silas Marner at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

What our data says

  • At 7.1 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 58% of the mystery audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 17% shorter than the average mystery audiobook (8.6 hrs across 582 titles in our dataset).

Computed from mystery audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for mystery listeners: a weekend-size listen at 7.1 hours (estimated).

About the book

Wrongly accused of theft and exiled from a religious community many years before, the embittered weaver Silas Marner lives alone in Raveloe, living only for work and his precious hoard of money. But when his money is stolen and an orphaned child finds her way into his house, Silas is given the chance to transform his life. His fate, and that of the little girl he adopts, is entwined with Godfrey Cass, son of the village Squire, who, like Silas, is trapped by his past. Silas Marner, George Eliot's favourite of her novels, combines humour, rich symbolism and pointed social criticism to create an unsentimental but affectionate portrait of rural life.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Silas Marner audiobook?

Silas Marner runs about 7.1 hours, our estimate from its 241 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.

Is the Silas Marner audiobook free?

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

When was Silas Marner first published?

Silas Marner by George Eliot, John O'Connor, Mary Anne Evans was first published in 1800.