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The Happy Family by Hans Christian Andersen

The Happy Family: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Happy Family runs 12.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alex Lehman (about 8.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.1listening hrs
Fantasystore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Happy Family at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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

What our data says

  • At 12.1 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Fantasy shelf

1,708 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2017 recording read by Emma Fenney runs about the same length (12.2 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 Happy Family is an audiobook by Hans Christian Andersen: a 12.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Lehman, released November 20, 2020, on the Fantasy and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.1 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Lehman
Released
November 20, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Fantasy, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9788726630244

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Happy Family as an audiobook?

The Happy Family runs 12.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.1 hours.

Is The Happy Family free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Happy Family?

The Happy Family is narrated by Alex Lehman.

Is The Happy Family worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.1 hours, saving 4 hours.