The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things runs 13.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kate Reading (about 9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 13.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 27 days |
| 1 hour / day | 14 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 13.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 31,282 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Kate Reading
Kate Reading narrates 461 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,969 hours in all.
About as long, on the Biography & Memoir shelf
2,276 Biography & Memoir audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2013 recording read by Louise Hulland runs 2.6 hours shorter (11 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 Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things is an audiobook by Paula Byrne: a 13.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Kate Reading, released May 7, 2013, on the Biography & Memoir shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 13.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kate Reading
- Released
- May 7, 2013
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Biography & Memoir
- ISBN
- 9780062263360
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things as an audiobook?
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things runs 13.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9 hours.
Is The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things?
The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things is narrated by Kate Reading.
Is The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9 hours, saving 4.5 hours.