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Beloved by Bertrice Small

Beloved: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Beloved audiobook runs 22.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Rachael Beresford (about 14.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

22.1listening hrs
Historical (Romance)store shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 22.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish Beloved at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day45 days
1 hour / day23 days
2 hours / day12 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×15 days

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What our data says

  • At 22.1 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf

91 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

Beloved is an audiobook by Bertrice Small: a 22.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Rachael Beresford, released May 11, 2021, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
22.1 hrs
Narrated by
Rachael Beresford
Released
May 11, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance)
ISBN
9781705253946

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Beloved audiobook?

Beloved runs 22.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.7 hours.

Is the Beloved audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Beloved?

Beloved is narrated by Rachael Beresford.

Is Beloved worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.7 hours, saving 7.4 hours.