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Sketches New and Old by Mark Twain

Sketches New and Old: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sketches New and Old audiobook runs 12.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Robin Field (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Sketches New and Old 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

396 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2011 recording read by John Greenman runs 1.8 hours shorter (10.6 hours).

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

Sketches New and Old is an audiobook by Mark Twain: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Field, released February 29, 2016, on the Classics (Literature) and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Field
Released
February 29, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781633894808

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sketches New and Old audiobook?

Sketches New and Old runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is the Sketches New and Old audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Sketches New and Old?

Sketches New and Old is narrated by Robin Field.

Is Sketches New and Old worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.