The Importance of Being Emma: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Darcy & Friends series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Importance of Being Emma runs 11.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Melody Grove and Jonathan Keeble (about 7.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 11.3 hours, it runs longer than 82% of the 63,227 Romance audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Darcy & Friends
This is book 1. Books 1 to 2 run 21.6 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Importance of Being Emma | 11.3 hrs |
| 2 | Persuade Me | 10.3 hrs |
More narrated by Melody Grove
Melody Grove narrates 51 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 338 hours in all.
About as long, on the Romance shelf
10,092 Romance 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 Importance of Being Emma is book 1 of Juliet Archer's Darcy & Friends series: a 11.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Melody Grove and Jonathan Keeble, released March 1, 2012, on the Romance shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Melody Grove, Jonathan Keeble
- Released
- March 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Romance
- Series
- Darcy & Friends #1
- ISBN
- 9781407497686
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Importance of Being Emma as an audiobook?
The Importance of Being Emma runs 11.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.5 hours.
Is The Importance of Being Emma free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Importance of Being Emma?
The Importance of Being Emma is narrated by Melody Grove and Jonathan Keeble.
Is The Importance of Being Emma worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.5 hours, saving 3.8 hours.