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The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst

The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Philip Stevens (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

11.7listening hrs
Literaturestore shelf
2022released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 41,638 Literature audiobooks in our catalog.

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 Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World is an audiobook by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Philip Stevens, released March 1, 2022, on the Literature and Biography & Memoir shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
11.7 hrs
Narrated by
Philip Stevens
Released
March 1, 2022
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literature, Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9780593551103

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World as an audiobook?

The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.

Is The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World?

The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World is narrated by Philip Stevens.

Is The Turning Point: 1851--A Year That Changed Charles Dickens and the World worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.