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The Fourth Estate by Jeffrey Archer

The Fourth Estate: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fourth Estate runs 19.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jonathan Aris (about 13 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

19.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 19.6 hours of listening.

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What our data says

  • At 19.6 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

382 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 Fourth Estate is an audiobook by Jeffrey Archer: a 19.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Aris, released January 28, 2021, on the Suspense and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
19.6 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Aris
Released
January 28, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Suspense, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9788726599930

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fourth Estate as an audiobook?

The Fourth Estate runs 19.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13 hours.

Is The Fourth Estate free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Fourth Estate?

The Fourth Estate is narrated by Jonathan Aris.

Is The Fourth Estate worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13 hours, saving 6.5 hours.