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The Gilded Years by Karin Tanabe

The Gilded Years: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Gilded Years runs 11.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Janina Edwards (about 7.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 11.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Gilded Years at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day24 days
1 hour / day12 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×8 days

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What our data says

  • At 11.8 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Janina Edwards

Janina Edwards narrates 359 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,955 hours in all.

All Janina Edwards audiobooks, measured

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 Gilded Years is an audiobook by Karin Tanabe: a 11.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Janina Edwards, released June 7, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and BIPOC Stories & Voices shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.8 hrs
Narrated by
Janina Edwards
Released
June 7, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), BIPOC Stories & Voices, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781508216759

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Gilded Years as an audiobook?

The Gilded Years runs 11.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.9 hours.

Is The Gilded Years free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Gilded Years?

The Gilded Years is narrated by Janina Edwards.

Is The Gilded Years worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.9 hours, saving 3.9 hours.