The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people runs 23.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Wood (about 15.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 23.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 47 days |
| 1 hour / day | 24 days |
| 2 hours / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 16 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 23.1 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Michael Wood
Michael Wood narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 43 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
191 World 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 Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people is an audiobook by Michael Wood: a 23.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Wood, released September 3, 2020, on the World shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 23.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Michael Wood
- Released
- September 3, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World
- ISBN
- 9781471191398
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people as an audiobook?
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people runs 23.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 15.4 hours.
Is The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people?
The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people is narrated by Michael Wood.
Is The Story of China: A portrait of a civilisation and its people worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 15.4 hours, saving 7.7 hours.