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On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know. by Ian McEwan

On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know.: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know. audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ian McEwan (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

549 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

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About this listen

On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know. is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian McEwan, released April 5, 2007, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ian McEwan
Released
April 5, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age
ISBN
9781407002316

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How long is the On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know. audiobook?

On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know. runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.

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Who narrates On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know.?

On Chesil Beach: The Booker-Prize shortlisted novella from the Sunday Times bestselling author of What We Can Know. is narrated by Ian McEwan.