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A Quiet Life by Natasha Walter

A Quiet Life: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Quiet Life runs 15.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Karen Cass (about 10.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.7listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Quiet Life at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 15.7 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

896 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 Quiet Life is an audiobook by Natasha Walter: a 15.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Karen Cass, released June 16, 2016, on the Literary Fiction and Espionage shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.7 hrs
Narrated by
Karen Cass
Released
June 16, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Espionage, Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9780008113780

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Quiet Life as an audiobook?

A Quiet Life runs 15.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.4 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 Karen Cass.

Is A Quiet Life worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.4 hours, saving 5.2 hours.