The Dearly Departed: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Dearly Departed runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jen Taylor (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 16 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 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 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jen Taylor
Jen Taylor narrates 24 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 234 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,102 Literary 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 Dearly Departed is an audiobook by Elinor Lipman: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jen Taylor, released February 27, 2018, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jen Taylor
- Released
- February 27, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781538588253
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Dearly Departed as an audiobook?
The Dearly Departed runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.
Is The Dearly Departed free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Dearly Departed?
The Dearly Departed is narrated by Jen Taylor.