The First Stone: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The First Stone runs 17 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ray Chase (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 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 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ray Chase
Ray Chase narrates 62 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 599 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
655 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 First Stone is an audiobook by Carsten Jensen: a 17-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Chase, released September 1, 2019, on the Westerns & War and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ray Chase
- Released
- September 1, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Westerns & War, Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781721366040
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The First Stone as an audiobook?
The First Stone runs 17 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The First Stone free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The First Stone?
The First Stone is narrated by Ray Chase.
Is The First Stone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.7 hours.