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Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village by Ronald Blythe

Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village audiobook runs 12.6 hours unabridged, narrated by Stephen Thorne (about 8.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.6listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day26 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 12.6 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village is an audiobook by Ronald Blythe: a 12.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Stephen Thorne, released July 1, 2025, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.6 hrs
Narrated by
Stephen Thorne
Released
July 1, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781399195539

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village audiobook?

Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village runs 12.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.4 hours.

Is the Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village?

Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village is narrated by Stephen Thorne.

Is Akenfield: Portrait Of An English Village worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.4 hours, saving 4.2 hours.