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The Temporary Gentleman by Sebastian Barry

The Temporary Gentleman: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Temporary Gentleman runs 7.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Frank Grimes (about 5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

7.5listening hrs
Historical (Fiction)store shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 7.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Temporary Gentleman at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day15 days
1 hour / day8 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 7.5 hours, it is shorter than 81% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2014 recording read by Gerard Doyle runs 0.1 hours shorter (7.4 hours).

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 Temporary Gentleman is an audiobook by Sebastian Barry: a 7.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Frank Grimes, released April 3, 2014, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
7.5 hrs
Narrated by
Frank Grimes
Released
April 3, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Historical (Fiction)
ISBN
9781471262531

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Temporary Gentleman as an audiobook?

The Temporary Gentleman runs 7.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 5 hours.

Is The Temporary Gentleman free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Temporary Gentleman?

The Temporary Gentleman is narrated by Frank Grimes.