A Quiet Life: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Quiet Life runs 5.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Thorpe (about 3.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 5.7 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 5.7 hours, it is shorter than 80% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
4,367 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 Quiet Life is an audiobook by Beryl Bainbridge: a 5.7-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released December 18, 2025, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- December 18, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781399195553
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Quiet Life as an audiobook?
A Quiet Life runs 5.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.8 hours.
Is A Quiet Life free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Quiet Life?
A Quiet Life is narrated by David Thorpe.