A Brightness Long Ago: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Brightness Long Ago runs 14.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 9.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.2 hours, it runs longer than 84% of the 12,109 Fantasy audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Fantasy shelf
1,123 Fantasy 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 Brightness Long Ago is an audiobook by Guy Gavriel Kay: a 14.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released May 14, 2019, on the Fantasy shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- May 14, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fantasy
- ISBN
- 9781501966231
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Brightness Long Ago as an audiobook?
A Brightness Long Ago runs 14.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.5 hours.
Is A Brightness Long Ago free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Brightness Long Ago?
A Brightness Long Ago is narrated by Simon Vance.
Is A Brightness Long Ago worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.5 hours, saving 4.7 hours.