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The Dickens Boy by Thomas Keneally

The Dickens Boy: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dickens Boy runs 14.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Tredinnick (about 9.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Dickens Boy at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day30 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,175 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 Dickens Boy is an audiobook by Thomas Keneally: a 14.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Tredinnick, released March 8, 2022, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.7 hrs
Narrated by
David Tredinnick
Released
March 8, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction), Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781797131009

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Dickens Boy as an audiobook?

The Dickens Boy runs 14.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.8 hours.

Is The Dickens Boy free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Dickens Boy?

The Dickens Boy is narrated by David Tredinnick.

Is The Dickens Boy worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.8 hours, saving 4.9 hours.