On Chesil Beach: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the On Chesil Beach audiobook runs 4.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Ian McEwan (about 3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.5 hours, it is shorter than 92% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
256 Historical (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
On Chesil Beach is an audiobook by Ian McEwan: a 4.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ian McEwan, released June 5, 2007, on the Historical (Fiction) and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ian McEwan
- Released
- June 5, 2007
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Coming of Age
- ISBN
- 9780739343722
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the On Chesil Beach audiobook?
On Chesil Beach runs 4.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3 hours.
Is the On Chesil Beach audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates On Chesil Beach?
On Chesil Beach is narrated by Ian McEwan.