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The Battle of Life by Charles Dickens

The Battle of Life: Audiobook

by Charles Dickens · narrated by Mark F. Smith · unabridged · 2015

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Battle of Life runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Mark F. Smith (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.5listening hrs
Fictionstore shelf
2015released
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The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Battle of Life at common listening paces
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1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
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What our data says

  • At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Mark F. Smith

Mark F. Smith narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 620 hours in all.

All Mark F. Smith audiobooks, measured

About as long, on the Fiction shelf

1,212 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2025 recording read by Simon Hester runs 0.4 hours longer (3.8 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Geoffrey Giuliano And The Icon Players runs about the same length (3.5 hours).
  • The 2019 recording read by Kevin Mccarthy runs about the same length (3.4 hours).
  • The 2018 recording read by Josh Smith runs about the same length (3.4 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

The Battle of Life is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Mark F. Smith, released February 3, 2015, on the Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.5 hrs
Narrated by
Mark F. Smith
Released
February 3, 2015
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fiction

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Battle of Life as an audiobook?

The Battle of Life runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.

Is The Battle of Life free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Battle of Life?

The Battle of Life is narrated by Mark F. Smith.