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Canticle by Janet Rich Edwards

Canticle: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Canticle audiobook runs 13.4 hours unabridged, narrated by Lucy Rayner (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.4listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish Canticle at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.4 hours, it runs longer than 86% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,647 Literary Fiction 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

Canticle is an audiobook by Janet Rich Edwards: a 13.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Lucy Rayner, released December 2, 2025, on the Historical (Fiction) and Contemporary Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.4 hrs
Narrated by
Lucy Rayner
Released
December 2, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9798347716081

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Canticle audiobook?

Canticle runs 13.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.

Is the Canticle audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Canticle?

Canticle is narrated by Lucy Rayner.

Is Canticle worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.