The Splendor Before the Dark: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Splendor Before the Dark runs 21.8 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan and Steve West and others (about 14.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 21.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 44 days |
| 1 hour / day | 22 days |
| 2 hours / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 15 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 21.8 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan
Katharine Lee Mcewan narrates 72 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 850 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
233 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 Splendor Before the Dark is an audiobook by Margaret George: a 21.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Katharine Lee Mcewan, Steve West and Susan Denaker, released November 6, 2018, on the Historical (Fiction) and Literary Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 21.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Katharine Lee Mcewan, Steve West, Susan Denaker
- Released
- November 6, 2018
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction), Literary Fiction, Essays & Anthologies
- ISBN
- 9780525640943
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Splendor Before the Dark as an audiobook?
The Splendor Before the Dark runs 21.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 14.5 hours.
Is The Splendor Before the Dark free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Splendor Before the Dark?
The Splendor Before the Dark is narrated by Katharine Lee Mcewan, Steve West and Susan Denaker.
Is The Splendor Before the Dark worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 14.5 hours, saving 7.3 hours.