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The Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian Andersen

The Emperor's New Clothes: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Emperor's New Clothes runs 1.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Phil Chenevert (about 0.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.4listening hrs
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Emperor's New Clothes at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day3 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×1 day

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

What our data says

  • At 1.4 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 3,723 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf

54 Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Katheryn Siggers runs 1.2 hours shorter (0.2 hours).
  • The 2022 recording read by Olga Makina runs 1.3 hours shorter (0.1 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Grace Gordon runs 1.2 hours shorter (0.2 hours).
  • The 2021 recording read by Alex Lehman runs 1.2 hours shorter (0.2 hours).
  • The 2020 recording read by Dame Joan Collins runs 1.3 hours shorter (0.1 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 Emperor's New Clothes is an audiobook by Hans Christian Andersen: a 1.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Phil Chenevert, released January 1, 2017, on the Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.4 hrs
Narrated by
Phil Chenevert
Released
January 1, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fairy Tales & Folklore (Literature)

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Emperor's New Clothes as an audiobook?

The Emperor's New Clothes runs 1.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.9 hours.

Is The Emperor's New Clothes free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Emperor's New Clothes?

The Emperor's New Clothes is narrated by Phil Chenevert.