Dracula

A young English solicitor travels to Transylvania to close a property deal with a courteous nobleman, and slowly realizes he's a prisoner, and that his client is something that does not die. When Count Dracula ships himself to England, a small band of friends led by the eccentric Professor Van Helsing must piece together what they're facing and hunt it, armed with train timetables, transfusions, and nerve.

Stoker told the story entirely through diaries, letters, phonograph recordings, and newspaper clippings, which makes Dracula an ensemble of distinct voices. It's practically a radio drama in book form, and one of the most naturally listenable classics ever written. Over a century of imitations has never dulled the original's slow-building dread.

At roughly 148,400 words, Dracula runs about 16½ hours at 1x narration speed. That figure is an estimate based on a typical narration pace. The exact length depends on the voice and the playback speed you choose.

Dracula is in the public domain, so the complete text is free on Project Gutenberg and LoudReader has the entire Project Gutenberg catalog built in. To listen:

1. Download LoudReader for Mac or iPhone (free, no account).
2. Search for “Dracula” in the built-in catalog and add it to your library.
3. Press play. A natural offline voice reads the book while each word highlights on screen, and your place is saved between sessions.

LoudReader reads with natural offline voices, so the whole book works on a plane or underground. It is fully on-device and private, your library never leaves your device. Listening is unlimited on the free tier.