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The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford

The Pursuit of Love: Audiobook

Book 1 of the Radlett and Montdore series

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pursuit of Love runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bessie Carter (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2021released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Pursuit of Love at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it is shorter than 65% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Catching up on Radlett and Montdore Trilogy

This is book 1. Books 1 to 3 run 24 hours in all.

BookTitleLength
1The Pursuit of Love7.6 hrs
2Love in a Cold Climate8.2 hrs
3Don't Tell Alfred8.2 hrs

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

2,139 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 Pursuit of Love is book 1 of Nancy Mitford's Radlett and Montdore series: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Bessie Carter, released August 17, 2021, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Bessie Carter
Released
August 17, 2021
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
Series
Radlett and Montdore Trilogy #1
ISBN
9781666149029

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Pursuit of Love as an audiobook?

The Pursuit of Love runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Pursuit of Love free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Pursuit of Love?

The Pursuit of Love is narrated by Bessie Carter.