The Cricket on the Hearth: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cricket on the Hearth runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tabitha Rickard (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Tabitha Rickard
Tabitha Rickard narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 7 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
320 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Time Machine
- Elevation
- Of Mice And Men
- Our Souls at Night
- Diary of an Oxygen Thief
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Simon Hester runs 0.4 hours longer (3.9 hours).
- The 2022 recording read by Michael Ward runs 0.1 hours shorter (3.3 hours).
- The 2019 recording read by Carla Rowe runs 0.4 hours longer (3.9 hours).
- The 2011 recording read by Various Readers 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 Cricket on the Hearth is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Tabitha Rickard, released March 19, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Tabitha Rickard
- Released
- March 19, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798318261879
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Cricket on the Hearth as an audiobook?
The Cricket on the Hearth runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
Is The Cricket on the Hearth free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Cricket on the Hearth?
The Cricket on the Hearth is narrated by Tabitha Rickard.