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Plain Jane by M. C. Beaton

Plain Jane: Audiobook

Book 2 of the House for the Season series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Plain Jane audiobook runs 5.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Lindy Nettleton (about 3.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

5.8listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2013released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 5.8 hours of listening.

Days to finish Plain Jane at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day12 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 5.8 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on The House for the Season Series

This is book 2. Book 1 runs 6 hours before it; books 1 to 6 run 33.8 hours in all.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

541 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

Plain Jane is book 2 of M. C. Beaton's House for the Season series: a 5.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Lindy Nettleton, released May 1, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
5.8 hrs
Narrated by
Lindy Nettleton
Released
May 1, 2013
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction)
Series
The House for the Season Series #2
ISBN
9781620645468

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Plain Jane audiobook?

Plain Jane runs 5.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.9 hours.

Is the Plain Jane audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Plain Jane?

Plain Jane is narrated by Lindy Nettleton.