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Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh

Decline and Fall: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Decline and Fall audiobook runs 5.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Michael Maloney (about 3.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Decline and Fall at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day11 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 5.5 hours, it is shorter than 82% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

980 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2024 recording read by Stefan Rudnicki runs 1.2 hours longer (6.7 hours).
  • The 2024 recording read by Jonathan Keeble runs 0.8 hours longer (6.3 hours).

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

Decline and Fall is an audiobook by Evelyn Waugh: a 5.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Maloney, released December 11, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.5 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Maloney
Released
December 11, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781619693968

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Decline and Fall audiobook?

Decline and Fall runs 5.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.7 hours.

Is the Decline and Fall audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Decline and Fall?

Decline and Fall is narrated by Michael Maloney.