The World's Best Classic Short Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The World's Best Classic Short Stories runs 20.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Cathy Dobson (about 13.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 41 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.2 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Cathy Dobson
Cathy Dobson narrates 792 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,030 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
194 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 World's Best Classic Short Stories is an audiobook by Edgar Allan Poe and Various Authors: a 20.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Cathy Dobson, released October 11, 2013, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Cathy Dobson
- Released
- October 11, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The World's Best Classic Short Stories as an audiobook?
The World's Best Classic Short Stories runs 20.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.5 hours.
Is The World's Best Classic Short Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The World's Best Classic Short Stories?
The World's Best Classic Short Stories is narrated by Cathy Dobson.
Is The World's Best Classic Short Stories worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.5 hours, saving 6.7 hours.