Charles Dickens audiobooks: which recording to buy
Dickens wrote for serial publication and gave public readings of his own work, and his books have been read aloud ever since. Being long out of copyright, the same title is recorded again and again, and the recordings are not all the complete book.
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The books
| Book | Our pick | Length | Type | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bleak House | Miriam Margolyes | 43 hrs 12 mins | Unabridged | 15 |
| A Christmas Carol | Miriam Margolyes | 3 hrs 15 mins | Unabridged | 16 |
| David Copperfield | Richard Armitage | 36 hrs 30 mins | Unabridged | 17 |
| Great Expectations | Martin Jarvis | 17 hrs 32 mins | Unabridged | 17 |
| Oliver Twist | Jonathan Pryce | 18 hrs 16 mins | Unabridged | 18 |
| A Tale of Two Cities | Simon Callow | 15 hrs | Unabridged | 17 |
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