The Romantic: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Romantic runs 17.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kobna Holbrook-Smith (about 11.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 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 17.4 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
601 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Other recordings
- The 2023 recording read by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith runs about the same length (17.4 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 Romantic is an audiobook by William Boyd: a 17.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Kobna Holbrook-Smith, released October 6, 2022, on the Historical (Romance) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Kobna Holbrook-Smith
- Released
- October 6, 2022
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Romance), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780241994856
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Romantic as an audiobook?
The Romantic runs 17.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.6 hours.
Is The Romantic free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Romantic?
The Romantic is narrated by Kobna Holbrook-Smith.
Is The Romantic worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.6 hours, saving 5.8 hours.