A Handful of Dust: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Handful of Dust runs 6.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Andrew Sachs (about 4.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 14 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 73% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Andrew Sachs
Andrew Sachs narrates 34 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 233 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,621 Literary Fiction 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 Handful of Dust is an audiobook by Evelyn Waugh: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Andrew Sachs, released December 11, 2012, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Andrew Sachs
- Released
- December 11, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature), Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9781619693883
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Handful of Dust as an audiobook?
A Handful of Dust runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.5 hours.
Is A Handful of Dust free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Handful of Dust?
A Handful of Dust is narrated by Andrew Sachs.