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The Elopement by Gill Hornby

The Elopement: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Elopement runs 13.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joanna David (about 8.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.1listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2026released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.1 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Elopement at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day27 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 13.1 hours, it runs longer than 77% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf

2,404 Historical (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 Elopement is an audiobook by Gill Hornby: a 13.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Joanna David, released January 5, 2026, on the Historical (Romance) and Historical (Fiction) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.1 hrs
Narrated by
Joanna David
Released
January 5, 2026
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Romance), Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9798318526374

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Elopement as an audiobook?

The Elopement runs 13.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.7 hours.

Is The Elopement free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Elopement?

The Elopement is narrated by Joanna David.

Is The Elopement worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.7 hours, saving 4.4 hours.