A Bit on the Side: Stories: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Bit on the Side: Stories runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Josephine Bailey and Simon Vance (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 12 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 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 6 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 6,732 Psychological 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 Psychological shelf
395 Psychological 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
A Bit on the Side: Stories is an audiobook by William Trevor: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Josephine Bailey and Simon Vance, released December 15, 2004, on the Psychological and Short Stories shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Josephine Bailey, Simon Vance
- Released
- December 15, 2004
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Psychological, Short Stories
- ISBN
- 9781400171439
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Bit on the Side: Stories as an audiobook?
A Bit on the Side: Stories runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.
Is A Bit on the Side: Stories free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Bit on the Side: Stories?
A Bit on the Side: Stories is narrated by Josephine Bailey and Simon Vance.