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Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics by Elizabeth Gaskell

Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics audiobook runs 26.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Laura Aikman (about 18 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

26.9listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 26.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day54 days
1 hour / day27 days
2 hours / day14 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×18 days

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What our data says

  • At 26.9 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

102 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

Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics is an audiobook by Elizabeth Gaskell: a 26.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Laura Aikman, released September 3, 2020, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
26.9 hrs
Narrated by
Laura Aikman
Released
September 3, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9780241455210

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics audiobook?

Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics runs 26.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18 hours.

Is the Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics?

Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics is narrated by Laura Aikman.

Is Wives and Daughters: Penguin Classics worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18 hours, saving 9 hours.