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A View of the Empire at Sunset by Caryl Phillips

A View of the Empire at Sunset: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A View of the Empire at Sunset runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Justine Eyre (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish A View of the Empire at Sunset at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,093 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 View of the Empire at Sunset is an audiobook by Caryl Phillips: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Justine Eyre, released May 22, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Justine Eyre
Released
May 22, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Essays & Anthologies
ISBN
9781538554463

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A View of the Empire at Sunset as an audiobook?

A View of the Empire at Sunset runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is A View of the Empire at Sunset free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates A View of the Empire at Sunset?

A View of the Empire at Sunset is narrated by Justine Eyre.