The Loved One: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Loved One runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Prebble (about 2.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Prebble
Simon Prebble narrates 258 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,739 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
324 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Time Machine
- Elevation
- Of Mice And Men
- Our Souls at Night
- Diary of an Oxygen Thief
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 Loved One is an audiobook by Evelyn Waugh: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Prebble, released December 11, 2012, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Prebble
- Released
- December 11, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9781619693913
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Loved One as an audiobook?
The Loved One runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.3 hours.
Is The Loved One free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Loved One?
The Loved One is narrated by Simon Prebble.