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Lost For Words by Edward St Aubyn

Lost For Words: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Lost For Words audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish Lost For Words 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

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What our data says

  • At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

883 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

Lost For Words is an audiobook by Edward St Aubyn: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released May 8, 2014, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.3 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Jennings
Released
May 8, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
ISBN
9781447263739

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Lost For Words audiobook?

Lost For Words runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.

Is the Lost For Words audiobook free?

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Who narrates Lost For Words?

Lost For Words is narrated by Alex Jennings.