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Giving Up the Ghost by Hilary Mantel

Giving Up the Ghost: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Giving Up the Ghost audiobook runs 6.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Jane Wymark (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.8listening hrs
Biography & Memoirstore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Giving Up the Ghost 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 6.8 hours, it is shorter than 58% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf

4,014 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

Giving Up the Ghost is an audiobook by Hilary Mantel: a 6.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Jane Wymark, released April 1, 2012, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.8 hrs
Narrated by
Jane Wymark
Released
April 1, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Biography & Memoir
ISBN
9781407499512

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Giving Up the Ghost audiobook?

Giving Up the Ghost runs 6.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the Giving Up the Ghost audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Giving Up the Ghost?

Giving Up the Ghost is narrated by Jane Wymark.