The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest runs 9.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Adam Grupper (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
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What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 53% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Adam Grupper
Adam Grupper narrates 103 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 929 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
1,130 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest is an audiobook by Mark Kurlansky: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Adam Grupper, released June 21, 2022, on the World and History & Culture shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Adam Grupper
- Released
- June 21, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, History & Culture
- ISBN
- 9781705067598
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest as an audiobook?
The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest?
The Importance of Not Being Ernest: A Writing Life with an Uninvited Guest is narrated by Adam Grupper.