The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Cazalet Chronicles series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles runs 17.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Elizabeth Day and Indira Varma (about 11.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 36 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 days |
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What our data says
- At 17.7 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day narrates 7 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 48 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
554 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 Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles is book 1 of Elizabeth Jane Howard's Cazalet Chronicles series: a 17.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Elizabeth Day and Indira Varma, released May 12, 2026, on the Literary Fiction and Historical (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Elizabeth Day, Indira Varma
- Released
- May 12, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Historical (Fiction), Drama
- Series
- Cazalet Chronicles #1
- ISBN
- 9781035084791
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles as an audiobook?
The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles runs 17.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.8 hours.
Is The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles?
The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles is narrated by Elizabeth Day and Indira Varma.
Is The Light Years: The Beloved First Instalment in The Cazalet Chronicles worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.8 hours, saving 5.9 hours.