Wives and Daughters: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Wives and Daughters audiobook runs 27 hours unabridged, narrated by Josephine Bailey (about 18 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 27 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 54 days |
| 1 hour / day | 27 days |
| 2 hours / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 18 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 27 hours, it runs longer than 96% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Josephine Bailey
Josephine Bailey narrates 41 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 490 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
101 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2019 recording read by Margaret Melosh runs 1 hours shorter (26 hours).
- The 2006 recording read by Wanda Mccaddon runs 1.3 hours shorter (25.7 hours).
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 is an audiobook by Elizabeth Gaskell: a 27-hour unabridged recording, read by Josephine Bailey, released February 17, 2011, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 27 hrs
- Narrated by
- Josephine Bailey
- Released
- February 17, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781452670584
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Wives and Daughters audiobook?
Wives and Daughters runs 27 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 18 hours.
Is the Wives and Daughters audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Wives and Daughters?
Wives and Daughters is narrated by Josephine Bailey.
Is Wives and Daughters worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 18 hours, saving 9 hours.