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The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In by Charles Dickens

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In runs 3.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Steven Crossley (about 2.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

3.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 3.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day8 days
1 hour / day4 days
2 hours / day2 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×3 days

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What our data says

  • At 3.7 hours, it is shorter than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Steven Crossley

Steven Crossley narrates 290 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,468 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

365 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

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 3.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Steven Crossley, released October 25, 2016, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
3.7 hrs
Narrated by
Steven Crossley
Released
October 25, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature), Fiction
ISBN
9781666587869

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In as an audiobook?

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In runs 3.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.5 hours.

Is The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In?

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In is narrated by Steven Crossley.