The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets runs 7.2 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Jenny Agutter (about 4.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 7.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 15 days |
| 1 hour / day | 8 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 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 7.2 hours, it is shorter than 69% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Jenny Agutter
Jenny Agutter narrates 11 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 56 hours in all.
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- The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,877 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 Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets is an audiobook by Jonathan Coe: a 7.2-hour unabridged recording, read by Jenny Agutter, released July 4, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Drama shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 7.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- Jenny Agutter
- Released
- July 4, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Drama
- ISBN
- 9780241987162
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets as an audiobook?
The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets runs 7.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.8 hours.
Is The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets?
The Rain Before it Falls: A mesmerizing novel about three generations of one family torn apart by tragedy and secrets is narrated by Jenny Agutter.