Before the Dawn: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Before the Dawn audiobook runs 11.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Thomas Anthony Penny (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Thomas Anthony Penny
Thomas Anthony Penny narrates 520 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,178 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,204 Historical (Romance) 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
Before the Dawn is an audiobook by Beverly Jenkins: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Thomas Anthony Penny, released November 6, 2009, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Thomas Anthony Penny
- Released
- November 6, 2009
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- ISBN
- 9781440779770
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Before the Dawn audiobook?
Before the Dawn runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is the Before the Dawn audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Before the Dawn?
Before the Dawn is narrated by Thomas Anthony Penny.
Is Before the Dawn worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.