The Duke’s Children: Audiobook
Book 6 of the Palliser Novels series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Duke’s Children runs 20 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
195 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2019 recording read by David Shaw-Parker runs 14 hours longer (33.9 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 Duke’s Children is book 6 of Anthony Trollope's Palliser Novels series: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released July 19, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- July 19, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- Series
- The Palliser Novels #6
- ISBN
- 9781483090566
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Duke’s Children as an audiobook?
The Duke’s Children runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Duke’s Children free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Duke’s Children?
The Duke’s Children is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is The Duke’s Children worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.