Sense & Sensibility: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Austen Project series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sense & Sensibility audiobook runs 10.2 hours unabridged, narrated by Kate Reading (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Austen Project
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 44.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sense & Sensibility | 10.2 hrs |
| 2 | Northanger Abbey | 10.2 hrs |
| 3 | Emma: A Modern Retelling | 11 hrs |
| 4 | Eligible: A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice | 13.4 hrs |
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
2,511 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2013 recording read by Rachael Stirling runs 1.6 hours shorter (8.5 hours).
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
Sense & Sensibility is book 1 of Joanna Trollope's Austen Project series: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released October 29, 2013, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- October 29, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- Austen Project #1
- ISBN
- 9780062293183
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Sense & Sensibility audiobook?
Sense & Sensibility runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is the Sense & Sensibility audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Sense & Sensibility?
Sense & Sensibility is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is Sense & Sensibility worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.