The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary runs 11.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sarah Ogilvie and Joan Walker (about 7.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.1 hours, it runs longer than 65% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joan Walker
Joan Walker narrates 107 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 889 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,114 World 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 Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is an audiobook by Sarah Ogilvie: a 11.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Sarah Ogilvie and Joan Walker, released October 17, 2023, on the World and Europe shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sarah Ogilvie, Joan Walker
- Released
- October 17, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, Europe, Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780593788554
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary as an audiobook?
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary runs 11.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.4 hours.
Is The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary?
The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary is narrated by Sarah Ogilvie and Joan Walker.
Is The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.4 hours, saving 3.7 hours.