The Financier: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Trilogy of Desire series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Financier runs 18.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Geoffrey Blaisdell (about 12.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 18.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 38 days |
| 1 hour / day | 19 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 13 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 18.9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Trilogy of Desire
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 38.5 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Financier | 18.9 hrs |
| 2 | The Titan | 19.6 hrs |
More narrated by Geoffrey Blaisdell
Geoffrey Blaisdell narrates 12 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 127 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
432 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 Financier is book 1 of Theodore Dreiser's Trilogy of Desire series: a 18.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Geoffrey Blaisdell, released July 22, 2008, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 18.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Geoffrey Blaisdell
- Released
- July 22, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- Series
- The Trilogy of Desire #1
- ISBN
- 9781483075846
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Financier as an audiobook?
The Financier runs 18.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 12.6 hours.
Is The Financier free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Financier?
The Financier is narrated by Geoffrey Blaisdell.
Is The Financier worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 12.6 hours, saving 6.3 hours.