The Rise of Silas Lapham: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rise of Silas Lapham runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Grover Gardner (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Grover Gardner
Grover Gardner narrates 576 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 6,276 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
414 Classics (Literature) 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 Rise of Silas Lapham is an audiobook by William Dean Howells: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Grover Gardner, released April 5, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Grover Gardner
- Released
- April 5, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781624608841
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rise of Silas Lapham as an audiobook?
The Rise of Silas Lapham runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Rise of Silas Lapham free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rise of Silas Lapham?
The Rise of Silas Lapham is narrated by Grover Gardner.
Is The Rise of Silas Lapham worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.