Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe: Audiobook
Book 5 of the Ackroyd’s Brief Lives series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe audiobook runs 7 hours unabridged, narrated by Gildart Jackson (about 4.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7 hours, it is shorter than 64% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Gildart Jackson
Gildart Jackson narrates 312 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,867 hours in all.
About as long, on the History & Culture shelf
621 History & Culture 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
Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe is book 5 of Peter Ackroyd's Ackroyd’s Brief Lives series: a 7-hour unabridged recording, read by Gildart Jackson, released October 6, 2015, on the History & Culture shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Gildart Jackson
- Released
- October 6, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- History & Culture
- Series
- The Ackroyd’s Brief Lives Series #5
- ISBN
- 9781504636728
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe audiobook?
Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe runs 7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.7 hours.
Is the Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe?
Wilkie Collins: A Brief LIfe is narrated by Gildart Jackson.