Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook runs 15.1 hours unabridged, narrated by Prue Leith and Rich Hall and others (about 10.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 15.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 31 days |
| 1 hour / day | 16 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 15.1 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
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Francine Stock narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 73 hours in all.
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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
Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection is an audiobook by Francine Stock, Joan Bakewell and Matthew Parris: a 15.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Prue Leith, Rich Hall and Caroline Criado Perez and others, released August 5, 2021, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 15.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Prue Leith, Rich Hall, Caroline Criado Perez, Francine Stock, Joan Bakewell, Armando Iannucci
- Released
- August 5, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9781529141450
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook?
Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection runs 15.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.1 hours.
Is the Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection?
Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection is narrated by Prue Leith, Rich Hall, Caroline Criado Perez and Francine Stock and others.
Is Great Writers' Lives: A BBC biography collection worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.1 hours, saving 5 hours.