The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal runs 10.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Caitríona Balfe (about 6.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 10.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 21 days |
| 1 hour / day | 11 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 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 10.2 hours, it runs longer than 62% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,083 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 Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal is an audiobook by Rose Tremain: a 10.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Caitríona Balfe, released September 17, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Romance) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 10.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Caitríona Balfe
- Released
- September 17, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Romance), LGBTQ+ (Romance)
- ISBN
- 9781529946505
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal as an audiobook?
The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal runs 10.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.8 hours.
Is The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal?
The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal is narrated by Caitríona Balfe.
Is The Housekeeper: A breathtaking story of forbidden love, passion and betrayal worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 6.8 hours, saving 3.4 hours.