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Earthly Joys by Philippa Gregory

Earthly Joys: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Tradescant Novels series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Earthly Joys audiobook runs 17.8 hours unabridged, narrated by David Rintoul (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

17.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 17.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Earthly Joys at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day36 days
1 hour / day18 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 17.8 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

548 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

Earthly Joys is book 1 of Philippa Gregory's Tradescant Novels series: a 17.8-hour unabridged recording, read by David Rintoul, released August 7, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
17.8 hrs
Narrated by
David Rintoul
Released
August 7, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
Series
Tradescant Novels #1
ISBN
9781508259640

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Earthly Joys audiobook?

Earthly Joys runs 17.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.

Is the Earthly Joys audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Earthly Joys?

Earthly Joys is narrated by David Rintoul.

Is Earthly Joys worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.