The Importance of Being Earnest: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Importance of Being Earnest runs 1.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ensemble Cast (about 1.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 1.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 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 1.9 hours, it runs longer than 57% of the 809 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ensemble Cast
Ensemble Cast narrates 13 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 45 hours in all.
- The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement - 30th Aniversary Edition
- This I Believe: Life Lessons
- Captain Underhill Uncovers the Truth: Behind Edgar Allan Crow and the Purloined, Purloined Letter
- Tomboy: A Graphic Memoir
- Raymond and Hannah
About as long, on the Theatre & Radio shelf
79 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2010 recording read by Maurice Denham and Jeremy Clyde runs 0.5 hours longer (2.4 hours).
- The 1991 recording read by Richard Erdman and Les Tremayne runs 0.4 hours shorter (1.5 hours).
- The 2026 recording read by Noel Jarmaine and The Lantern runs 0.7 hours longer (2.7 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by Robin Schild runs about the same length (1.8 hours).
- The 2025 recording read by Robin Schild runs about the same length (1.8 hours).
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Importance of Being Earnest is an audiobook by Oscar Wilde: a 1.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Ensemble Cast, released March 4, 2002, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ensemble Cast
- Released
- March 4, 2002
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Theatre & Radio
- ISBN
- 9781598872545
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Importance of Being Earnest as an audiobook?
The Importance of Being Earnest runs 1.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.3 hours.
Is The Importance of Being Earnest free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Importance of Being Earnest?
The Importance of Being Earnest is narrated by Ensemble Cast.