The Mystery of Edwin Drood: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Mystery of Edwin Drood runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Alan Chant (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 25 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 2,835 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
182 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 2 hours shorter (10.4 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Alan Chant, released January 1, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Alan Chant
- Released
- January 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Mystery of Edwin Drood as an audiobook?
The Mystery of Edwin Drood runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.
Is The Mystery of Edwin Drood free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Mystery of Edwin Drood?
The Mystery of Edwin Drood is narrated by Alan Chant.
Is The Mystery of Edwin Drood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.