The Portable Veblen: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Portable Veblen runs 12.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Julia Gibson (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 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 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 83% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Julia Gibson
Julia Gibson narrates 153 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 1,502 hours in all.
- My Sister's Keeper
- Vanishing Acts
- The Patron Saint of Liars
- What I Did for Love
- Salem Falls
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,006 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 Portable Veblen is an audiobook by Elizabeth McKenzie: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Julia Gibson, released January 19, 2016, on the Contemporary Women and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Julia Gibson
- Released
- January 19, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Contemporary Women, Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781501905254
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Portable Veblen as an audiobook?
The Portable Veblen runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is The Portable Veblen free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Portable Veblen?
The Portable Veblen is narrated by Julia Gibson.
Is The Portable Veblen worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.