The Sense of an Ending: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sense of an Ending runs 4.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Simon Vance (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 4.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 4.4 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Simon Vance
Simon Vance narrates 793 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 8,393 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
507 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 Sense of an Ending is an audiobook by Julian Barnes: a 4.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Simon Vance, released March 10, 2020, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- Simon Vance
- Released
- March 10, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781980082873
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sense of an Ending as an audiobook?
The Sense of an Ending runs 4.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
Is The Sense of an Ending free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sense of an Ending?
The Sense of an Ending is narrated by Simon Vance.