The Birth of Venus: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Birth of Venus runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Laurence Bouvard (about 9.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 14.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 29 days |
| 1 hour / day | 15 days |
| 2 hours / day | 8 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 10 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 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 92% of the 62,518 Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Laurence Bouvard
Laurence Bouvard narrates 165 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,370 hours in all.
About as long, on the Fiction shelf
4,707 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 Birth of Venus is an audiobook by Sarah Dunant: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Laurence Bouvard, released November 1, 2012, on the Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 14.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Laurence Bouvard
- Released
- November 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781407487977
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Birth of Venus as an audiobook?
The Birth of Venus runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.7 hours.
Is The Birth of Venus free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Birth of Venus?
The Birth of Venus is narrated by Laurence Bouvard.
Is The Birth of Venus worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.7 hours, saving 4.8 hours.