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The Red Chamber by Pauline A. Chen

The Red Chamber: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Red Chamber runs 16.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grayce Wey (about 11.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.6listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Red Chamber at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.6 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

972 Historical (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 Red Chamber is an audiobook by Pauline A. Chen: a 16.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Grayce Wey, released July 10, 2012, on the Historical (Fiction) and Drama shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.6 hrs
Narrated by
Grayce Wey
Released
July 10, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Drama
ISBN
9780449008829

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Red Chamber as an audiobook?

The Red Chamber runs 16.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.1 hours.

Is The Red Chamber free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Red Chamber?

The Red Chamber is narrated by Grayce Wey.

Is The Red Chamber worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.1 hours, saving 5.5 hours.