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Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics audiobook runs 14.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Sian Clifford (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 14.3 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,309 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics is an audiobook by Thomas Hardy: a 14.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Sian Clifford, released September 26, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.3 hrs
Narrated by
Sian Clifford
Released
September 26, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Contemporary Women, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9780241422571

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics audiobook?

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics runs 14.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.

Is the Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics?

Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics is narrated by Sian Clifford.

Is Tess of the D'Urbervilles: Penguin Classics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.8 hours.