Mr Finchley Takes the Road: Audiobook
Book 3 of the Classic Canning series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Mr Finchley Takes the Road audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by John Higgins (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 75% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Classic Canning
This is book 3. Books 1 to 2 run 16.6 hours before it; books 1 to 10 run 78.4 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mr Finchley Discovers His England | 8.7 hrs |
| 2 | Mr Finchley Goes to Paris | 7.9 hrs |
| 3 | Mr Finchley Takes the Road | 9.7 hrs |
| 4 | The Improvised Life of Polycarp Jarvis | 12.3 hrs |
| 5 | Fly Away Paul | 10.1 hrs |
| 6 | The Uncertain Future of the Silvermans | 9.1 hrs |
| 7 | Fountain Inn | 8.9 hrs |
| 8 | The Minerva Club | 2.2 hrs |
| 9 | The Aberdyll Onion: And Other Mysteries | 5.1 hrs |
| 10 | Young Man on a Bicycle and The Goldini Bath | 4.3 hrs |
More narrated by John Higgins
John Higgins narrates 15 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 129 hours in all.
About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf
503 Classics (Literature) 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
Mr Finchley Takes the Road is book 3 of Victor Canning's Classic Canning series: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by John Higgins, released August 28, 2021, on the Classics (Literature) and Travel Tips shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Higgins
- Released
- August 28, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Travel Tips
- Series
- Classic Canning #3
- ISBN
- 9781788423915
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Mr Finchley Takes the Road audiobook?
Mr Finchley Takes the Road runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Mr Finchley Takes the Road audiobook free?
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Who narrates Mr Finchley Takes the Road?
Mr Finchley Takes the Road is narrated by John Higgins.