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The Sea Beggars by Cecelia Holland

The Sea Beggars: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sea Beggars runs 15.3 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Tim Bentinck (about 10.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

15.3listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 15.3 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sea Beggars at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day31 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 15.3 hours, it runs longer than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

997 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 Sea Beggars is an audiobook by Cecelia Holland: a 15.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Tim Bentinck, released October 11, 2016, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
15.3 hrs
Narrated by
Tim Bentinck
Released
October 11, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction
ISBN
9781666601725

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sea Beggars as an audiobook?

The Sea Beggars runs 15.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.2 hours.

Is The Sea Beggars free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sea Beggars?

The Sea Beggars is narrated by Tim Bentinck.

Is The Sea Beggars worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.2 hours, saving 5.1 hours.