The Lady Fortescue Steps Out: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Poor Relation series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Lady Fortescue Steps Out runs 4.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Davina Porter (about 3.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.8 hours of listening.
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| 30 min / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.8 hours, it is shorter than 86% of the 9,636 Historical (Romance) audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Poor Relation Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 6 run 29.2 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Lady Fortescue Steps Out | 4.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Miss Tonks Turns to Crime | 4.7 hrs |
| 3 | The Mrs. Budley Falls from Grace | 5.2 hrs |
| 4 | The Sir Philip’s Folly | 4.9 hrs |
| 5 | The Colonel Sandhurst to the Rescue | 4.8 hrs |
| 6 | The Back in Society | 4.8 hrs |
More narrated by Davina Porter
Davina Porter narrates 183 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,579 hours in all.
- Outlander
- Dragonfly in Amber
- Voyager
- Drums of Autumn
- The Fiery Cross
About as long, on the Historical (Romance) shelf
500 Historical (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 Lady Fortescue Steps Out is book 1 of M. C. Beaton's Poor Relation series: a 4.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Davina Porter, released May 1, 2012, on the Historical (Romance) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Davina Porter
- Released
- May 1, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance)
- Series
- The Poor Relation Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781620640111
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Lady Fortescue Steps Out as an audiobook?
The Lady Fortescue Steps Out runs 4.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.2 hours.
Is The Lady Fortescue Steps Out free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Lady Fortescue Steps Out?
The Lady Fortescue Steps Out is narrated by Davina Porter.