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An Education by Lynn Barber

An Education: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, An Education runs 4.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Carolyn Seymour (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.8listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2010released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 4.8 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 4.8 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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

An Education is an audiobook by Lynn Barber: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Carolyn Seymour, released February 16, 2010, on the Memoirs shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.8 hrs
Narrated by
Carolyn Seymour
Released
February 16, 2010
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs
ISBN
9781481553834

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Questions listeners ask

How long is An Education as an audiobook?

An Education runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.

Is An Education free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates An Education?

An Education is narrated by Carolyn Seymour.