The Beginning Place: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Beginning Place runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Rob Inglis (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 74% of the 5,647 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Rob Inglis
Rob Inglis narrates 8 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 94 hours in all.
About as long, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf
697 Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal 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 Beginning Place is an audiobook by Ursula K. Le Guin: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Rob Inglis, released April 27, 2018, on the Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Rob Inglis
- Released
- April 27, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Paranormal
- ISBN
- 9781980008545
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Beginning Place as an audiobook?
The Beginning Place runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Beginning Place free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Beginning Place?
The Beginning Place is narrated by Rob Inglis.