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Brief Lives by W. F. Deedes

Brief Lives: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Brief Lives audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Bill Wallis (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Brief Lives at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf

4,045 Biography & Memoir 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

Brief Lives is an audiobook by W. F. Deedes: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Wallis, released September 6, 2018, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Bill Wallis
Released
September 6, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781529012132

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Brief Lives audiobook?

Brief Lives runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the Brief Lives audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Brief Lives?

Brief Lives is narrated by Bill Wallis.