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The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner by Iris Murdoch

The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner runs 21 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Kimberly Farr and Simon Vance (about 14 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

21listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 21 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day42 days
1 hour / day21 days
2 hours / day11 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×14 days

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What our data says

  • At 21 hours, it runs longer than 97% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner is an audiobook by Iris Murdoch: a 21-hour unabridged recording, read by Kimberly Farr and Simon Vance, released April 18, 2017, on the Literary Fiction and Classics (Literature) shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
21 hrs
Narrated by
Kimberly Farr, Simon Vance
Released
April 18, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Classics (Literature)
ISBN
9781524782962

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner as an audiobook?

The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner runs 21 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14 hours.

Is The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner?

The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner is narrated by Kimberly Farr and Simon Vance.

Is The Sea, the Sea: Booker Prize Winner worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14 hours, saving 7 hours.