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The Prince and the Pauper: Audiobook

As an audiobook, The Prince and the Pauper runs an estimated 7.6 hours (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6est. listening hrs
3.8★39 ratings
Historical Fictiongenre
Free for new listeners

The instrumentWhen will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening (estimated).

Days to finish The Prince and the Pauper at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours (estimated), it's shorter than 77% of the historical fiction audiobooks we measured.
  • That's 35% shorter than the average historical fiction audiobook (11.7 hrs across 210 titles in our dataset).

Computed from historical fiction audiobooks in The Books Insider dataset (build ); listening time estimated from page count. Methodology.

Who is this for?

Best for historical fiction listeners: a weekend-size listen at 7.6 hours (estimated).

About the book

Two boys, young men really, one a Prince and heir to the throne of England, and one a poor lad without a shilling, discover one another and their remarkable resemblance. The Prince proposes they exchange places for a brief time, and so we begin a rousing adventure where a sheltered Prince learns that life, often fraught with dangerous turns, is not what he had thought, while a kindly uneducated Pauper nervously prepares to rule a country in the wake of the King's passing.

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Prince and the Pauper as an audiobook?

The Prince and the Pauper runs about 7.6 hours, our estimate from its 256 pages at a typical narration pace. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Prince and the Pauper free as an audiobook?

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

When was The Prince and the Pauper first published?

The Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain was first published in 1881.