The Naive and Sentimental Lover: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Naive and Sentimental Lover runs 16.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sam Phillips (about 11.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 34 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
663 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2024 recording read by Richard Mitchley runs 3.1 hours shorter (13.8 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 Naive and Sentimental Lover is an audiobook by John le Carré: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Sam Phillips, released February 27, 2025, on the Classics (Literature) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sam Phillips
- Released
- February 27, 2025
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Classics (Literature), Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9781802068115
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Naive and Sentimental Lover as an audiobook?
The Naive and Sentimental Lover runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.3 hours.
Is The Naive and Sentimental Lover free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Naive and Sentimental Lover?
The Naive and Sentimental Lover is narrated by Sam Phillips.
Is The Naive and Sentimental Lover worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.3 hours, saving 5.6 hours.