The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement: Audiobook
Book 1 of the Sharing Knife series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement runs 12 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bernadette Dunne (about 8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 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 12 hours, it runs longer than 79% of the 11,102 Drama audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on The Sharing Knife Series
This is book 1. Books 1 to 4 run 55.1 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement | 12 hrs |
| 2 | The Sharing Knife, Vol. 2: Legacy | 13 hrs |
| 3 | The Sharing Knife, Vol. 3: Passage | 14.8 hrs |
| 4 | The Sharing Knife, Vol. 4: Horizon | 15.4 hrs |
More narrated by Bernadette Dunne
Bernadette Dunne narrates 294 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,978 hours in all.
About as long, on the Drama shelf
2,477 Drama 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 Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement is book 1 of Lois Bujold's Sharing Knife series: a 12-hour unabridged recording, read by Bernadette Dunne, released January 1, 2006, on the Drama and Epic Fantasy shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bernadette Dunne
- Released
- January 1, 2006
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Drama, Epic Fantasy
- Series
- The Sharing Knife Series #1
- ISBN
- 9781624608247
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement as an audiobook?
The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement runs 12 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8 hours.
Is The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement?
The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement is narrated by Bernadette Dunne.
Is The Sharing Knife, Vol. 1: Beguilement worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8 hours, saving 4 hours.