A Simple Story: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Simple Story runs 12.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Juliet Stevenson (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Juliet Stevenson
Juliet Stevenson narrates 150 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,206 hours in all.
- A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
- The Signature of All Things
- The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
- The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning: How to Free Yourself and Your Family from a Lifetime of Clutter
- Miss Benson's Beetle
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
371 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2016 recording read by LibriVox Volunteers runs 1.5 hours shorter (11.1 hours).
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 Simple Story is an audiobook by Elizabeth Inchbald: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Juliet Stevenson, released December 15, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Juliet Stevenson
- Released
- December 15, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature)
- ISBN
- 9781781983942
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is A Simple Story as an audiobook?
A Simple Story runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.
Is A Simple Story free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates A Simple Story?
A Simple Story is narrated by Juliet Stevenson.
Is A Simple Story worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.