First and Last: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the First and Last audiobook runs 7.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Clare (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 7.5 hours, it runs longer than 51% of the 4,590 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ray Clare
Ray Clare narrates 25 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 148 hours in all.
About as long, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf
509 Essays & Anthologies audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2025 recording read by Finian Silverwood runs 1.1 hours shorter (6.4 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
First and Last is an audiobook by Hilaire Belloc: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Clare, released January 1, 2011, on the Essays & Anthologies shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ray Clare
- Released
- January 1, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Essays & Anthologies
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the First and Last audiobook?
First and Last runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is the First and Last audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates First and Last?
First and Last is narrated by Ray Clare.