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The Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens

The Pickwick Papers: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pickwick Papers runs 32.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Various Readers (about 21.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

32.4listening hrs
Comedy, Satire & Parodystore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 32.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Pickwick Papers at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day65 days
1 hour / day33 days
2 hours / day17 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×22 days

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

What our data says

  • At 32.4 hours, it runs longer than 100% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf

7 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by LibriVox Volunteers runs about the same length (32.4 hours).
  • The 2007 recording read by Patrick Tull runs 1.7 hours shorter (30.7 hours).
  • The 2009 recording read by Simon Prebble runs 1.6 hours shorter (30.8 hours).
  • The 2014 recording read by Tadhg Hynes runs 1 hours shorter (31.4 hours).
  • The 2022 recording read by Jonathan Waters runs 1 hours shorter (31.4 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 Pickwick Papers is an audiobook by Charles Dickens: a 32.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Various Readers, released January 1, 2011, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
32.4 hrs
Narrated by
Various Readers
Released
January 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Comedy, Satire & Parody

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Pickwick Papers as an audiobook?

The Pickwick Papers runs 32.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 21.6 hours.

Is The Pickwick Papers free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Pickwick Papers?

The Pickwick Papers is narrated by Various Readers.

Is The Pickwick Papers worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 21.6 hours, saving 10.8 hours.