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The Dark Flood Rises by Dame Margaret Drabble

The Dark Flood Rises: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dark Flood Rises runs 13.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Anna Bentinck (about 8.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dark Flood Rises at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,677 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 Dark Flood Rises is an audiobook by Dame Margaret Drabble: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Anna Bentinck, released February 14, 2017, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.4 hrs
Narrated by
Anna Bentinck
Released
February 14, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781666589085

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dark Flood Rises as an audiobook?

The Dark Flood Rises runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.9 hours.

Is The Dark Flood Rises free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Dark Flood Rises?

The Dark Flood Rises is narrated by Anna Bentinck.

Is The Dark Flood Rises worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.