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The Dancer Upstairs by Nicholas Shakespeare

The Dancer Upstairs: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dancer Upstairs runs 11 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Nigel Graham (about 7.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11listening hrs
Legal & Politicalstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dancer Upstairs at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day22 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 2,576 Legal & Political audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Legal & Political shelf

662 Legal & Political 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 Dancer Upstairs is an audiobook by Nicholas Shakespeare: a 11-hour unabridged recording, read by Nigel Graham, released December 23, 2010, on the Espionage and Legal & Political shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11 hrs
Narrated by
Nigel Graham
Released
December 23, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage, Legal & Political
ISBN
9781407085104

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dancer Upstairs as an audiobook?

The Dancer Upstairs runs 11 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.3 hours.

Is The Dancer Upstairs free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Dancer Upstairs?

The Dancer Upstairs is narrated by Nigel Graham.

Is The Dancer Upstairs worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.3 hours, saving 3.7 hours.