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The Burden by Agatha Christie

The Burden: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Burden runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Gillian Kerrod (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Police & Detectivestore shelf
2012released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Burden at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf

4,401 Police & Detective 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 Burden is an audiobook by Agatha Christie: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Gillian Kerrod, released January 5, 2012, on the Police & Detective shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Gillian Kerrod
Released
January 5, 2012
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Police & Detective
ISBN
9780007440542

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Burden as an audiobook?

The Burden runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Burden free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Burden?

The Burden is narrated by Gillian Kerrod.