Original Sin: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Original Sin audiobook runs 20.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Penelope Dellaporta (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 42 days |
| 1 hour / day | 21 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20.9 hours, it runs longer than 99% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Penelope Dellaporta
Penelope Dellaporta narrates 14 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 191 hours in all.
- Cover Her Face
- A Certain Justice: An Adam Dalgliesh Novel
- An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
- The Black Tower
- Unnatural Causes
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
163 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Gone Girl
- Lethal White
- In the Woods
- The Trespasser
- The Secret Place
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
Original Sin is an audiobook by P. D. James: a 20.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Penelope Dellaporta, released January 15, 2013, on the Police & Detective shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Penelope Dellaporta
- Released
- January 15, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective
- ISBN
- 9780804127691
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Original Sin audiobook?
Original Sin runs 20.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.
Is the Original Sin audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Original Sin?
Original Sin is narrated by Penelope Dellaporta.
Is Original Sin worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.