The Sparsholt Affair: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Sparsholt Affair runs 16.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by David Dawson (about 10.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 16.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 33 days |
| 1 hour / day | 17 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 11 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 16.4 hours, it runs longer than 93% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
750 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 Sparsholt Affair is an audiobook by Alan Hollinghurst: a 16.4-hour unabridged recording, read by David Dawson, released March 13, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 16.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Dawson
- Released
- March 13, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), LGBTQ+ (Fiction), Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780525589020
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Sparsholt Affair as an audiobook?
The Sparsholt Affair runs 16.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.9 hours.
Is The Sparsholt Affair free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Sparsholt Affair?
The Sparsholt Affair is narrated by David Dawson.
Is The Sparsholt Affair worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.9 hours, saving 5.5 hours.