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The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses by Carolyn Purnell

The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses runs 7.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Liz Thompson (about 5.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.6listening hrs
Non-Fictionstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day16 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.6 hours, it runs longer than 55% of the 39,028 Non-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 Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses is an audiobook by Carolyn Purnell: a 7.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Liz Thompson, released July 28, 2017, on the Non-Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.6 hrs
Narrated by
Liz Thompson
Released
July 28, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Non-Fiction
ISBN
9781501968921

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses as an audiobook?

The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses runs 7.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5.1 hours.

Is The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses?

The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses is narrated by Liz Thompson.