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The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain by Paul Theroux

The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain runs 14.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Ron Keith (about 9.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

14.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2008released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 14.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day29 days
1 hour / day15 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 14.5 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,258 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 Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain is an audiobook by Paul Theroux: a 14.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Ron Keith, released July 18, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
14.5 hrs
Narrated by
Ron Keith
Released
July 18, 2008
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781436145121

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain as an audiobook?

The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain runs 14.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.6 hours.

Is The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain?

The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain is narrated by Ron Keith.

Is The Kingdom by the Sea: A Journey Around the Coast of Great Britain worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.6 hours, saving 4.8 hours.