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The Age of Anxiety by Pete Townshend

The Age of Anxiety: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Age of Anxiety runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Michael Jayston (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Age of Anxiety at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it runs longer than 50% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,786 Literary 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

The Age of Anxiety is an audiobook by Pete Townshend: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Michael Jayston, released November 5, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Psychological shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Michael Jayston
Released
November 5, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Psychological, Coming of Age
ISBN
9781478976813

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Age of Anxiety as an audiobook?

The Age of Anxiety runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Age of Anxiety free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Age of Anxiety?

The Age of Anxiety is narrated by Michael Jayston.