The Forgotten Affairs of Youth: Audiobook
Book 8 of the Isabel Dalhousie series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Forgotten Affairs of Youth runs 8.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Davina Porter (about 5.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 8.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 17 days |
| 1 hour / day | 9 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 6 days |
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What our data says
- At 8.3 hours, it is shorter than 54% of the 22,296 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Isabel Dalhousie
This is book 8. Books 1 to 7 run 57.5 hours before it; books 1 to 16 run 130.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sunday Philosophy Club | 8.1 hrs |
| 2 | Friends, Lovers, Chocolate | 8.4 hrs |
| 3 | The Right Attitude to Rain | 8.9 hrs |
| 4 | The Careful Use of Compliments | 8.1 hrs |
| 5 | The Comforts of a Muddy Saturday | 7.7 hrs |
| 6 | The Lost Art of Gratitude | 8.2 hrs |
| 7 | The Charming Quirks of Others | 8.1 hrs |
| 8 | The Forgotten Affairs of Youth | 8.3 hrs |
| 9 | The Uncommon Appeal of Clouds | 8.2 hrs |
| 10 | The Novel Habits of Happiness | 8.4 hrs |
| 11 | A Distant View of Everything | 7.7 hrs |
| 12 | The Quiet Side of Passion | 9 hrs |
More narrated by Davina Porter
Davina Porter narrates 183 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,579 hours in all.
- Outlander
- Dragonfly in Amber
- Voyager
- Drums of Autumn
- The Fiery Cross
About as long, on the Police & Detective shelf
5,622 Police & Detective audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- Left To Die (An Adele Sharp Mystery—Book One)
- Girl on a Train
- Open Season
- Savage Run
- The 18th Abduction
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 Forgotten Affairs of Youth is book 8 of Alexander McCall Smith's Isabel Dalhousie series: a 8.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Davina Porter, released December 6, 2011, on the Police & Detective and Contemporary Women shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 8.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Davina Porter
- Released
- December 6, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Police & Detective, Contemporary Women
- Series
- Isabel Dalhousie #8
- ISBN
- 9781461847045
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Forgotten Affairs of Youth as an audiobook?
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth runs 8.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.5 hours.
Is The Forgotten Affairs of Youth free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Forgotten Affairs of Youth?
The Forgotten Affairs of Youth is narrated by Davina Porter.