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The Light of Day by Eric Ambler

The Light of Day: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Light of Day runs 7.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Oliver Dimsdale (about 4.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.4listening hrs
Classics (Literature)store shelf
2023released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Light of Day at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.4 hours, it runs longer than 63% of the 6,931 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Classics (Literature) shelf

652 Classics (Literature) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:

Other recordings

  • The 2012 recording read by Frederick Davidson runs about the same length (7.4 hours).

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 Light of Day is an audiobook by Eric Ambler: a 7.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Oliver Dimsdale, released August 10, 2023, on the Classics (Literature) and Espionage shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.4 hrs
Narrated by
Oliver Dimsdale
Released
August 10, 2023
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Classics (Literature), Espionage
ISBN
9781802062960

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Light of Day as an audiobook?

The Light of Day runs 7.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.9 hours.

Is The Light of Day free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Light of Day?

The Light of Day is narrated by Oliver Dimsdale.