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A Want of Kindness by Joanne Limburg

A Want of Kindness: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, A Want of Kindness runs 12.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Helen Lloyd (about 8.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.3listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish A Want of Kindness at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 12.3 hours, it runs longer than 70% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,904 Historical (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 Want of Kindness is an audiobook by Joanne Limburg: a 12.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Helen Lloyd, released March 3, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.3 hrs
Narrated by
Helen Lloyd
Released
March 3, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781510013452

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Questions listeners ask

How long is A Want of Kindness as an audiobook?

A Want of Kindness runs 12.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.2 hours.

Is A Want of Kindness free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates A Want of Kindness?

A Want of Kindness is narrated by Helen Lloyd.

Is A Want of Kindness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.2 hours, saving 4.1 hours.