The Bostonians: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Bostonians runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Xe Sands (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Xe Sands
Xe Sands narrates 477 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,383 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
585 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Eloise Fairfax runs 2.5 hours shorter (15 hours).
- The 2019 recording read by Adam Sims runs 1.5 hours shorter (16 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
The Bostonians is an audiobook by Henry James: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Xe Sands, released December 27, 2010, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Xe Sands
- Released
- December 27, 2010
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781452670577
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Bostonians as an audiobook?
The Bostonians runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is The Bostonians free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Bostonians?
The Bostonians is narrated by Xe Sands.
Is The Bostonians worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.