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Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman

Up the Down Staircase: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Up the Down Staircase audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Barbara Rosenblat (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Up the Down Staircase at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,737 Literary 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

Up the Down Staircase is an audiobook by Bel Kaufman: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Barbara Rosenblat, released April 15, 2014, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Barbara Rosenblat
Released
April 15, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781482970470

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Up the Down Staircase audiobook?

Up the Down Staircase runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is the Up the Down Staircase audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Up the Down Staircase?

Up the Down Staircase is narrated by Barbara Rosenblat.