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The Busy World is Hushed by Keith Bunin

The Busy World is Hushed: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Busy World is Hushed runs 2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Luke MacFarlane and Jill Clayburgh and others (about 1.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

2listening hrs
Theatre & Radiostore shelf
2007released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 2 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Busy World is Hushed at common listening paces
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30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 2 hours, it runs longer than 64% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf

275 Theatre & Radio 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 Busy World is Hushed is an audiobook by Keith Bunin: a 2-hour unabridged recording, read by Luke MacFarlane, Jill Clayburgh and Hamish Linklater, released May 1, 2007, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
2 hrs
Narrated by
Luke MacFarlane, Jill Clayburgh, Hamish Linklater
Released
May 1, 2007
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Theatre & Radio
ISBN
9781580815369

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Busy World is Hushed as an audiobook?

The Busy World is Hushed runs 2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.4 hours.

Is The Busy World is Hushed free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Busy World is Hushed?

The Busy World is Hushed is narrated by Luke MacFarlane, Jill Clayburgh and Hamish Linklater.