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Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays by Jenny Diski

Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays audiobook runs 13.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Chloe Diski and Charlotte Randle (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.5listening hrs
Essays & Anthologiesstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

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Based on 13.5 hours of listening.

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30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies 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

Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays is an audiobook by Jenny Diski: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Chloe Diski and Charlotte Randle, released July 22, 2021, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.5 hrs
Narrated by
Chloe Diski, Charlotte Randle
Released
July 22, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781526638809

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays audiobook?

Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays audiobook free?

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Who narrates Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays?

Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays is narrated by Chloe Diski and Charlotte Randle.

Is Why Didn’t You Just Do What You Were Told?: Essays worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.