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The Writing Game by David Lodge

The Writing Game: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Writing Game runs 1.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Melanie Van Betten and Jeremy Geidt and others (about 1.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

1.6listening hrs
Theatre & Radiostore shelf
2016released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 1.6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Writing Game at common listening paces
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30 min / day4 days
1 hour / day2 days
2 hours / day1 day
1 hour / day at 1.5×2 days

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What our data says

  • At 1.6 hours, it runs longer than 52% of the 2,498 Theatre & Radio audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Ian Abercrombie

Ian Abercrombie narrates 4 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4 hours in all.

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 Writing Game is an audiobook by David Lodge: a 1.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Melanie Van Betten, Jeremy Geidt and Christine Estabrook and others, released June 15, 2016, on the Theatre & Radio shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
1.6 hrs
Narrated by
Melanie Van Betten, Jeremy Geidt, Christine Estabrook, Ian Abercrombie, David Hunt, Michael Brandon
Released
June 15, 2016
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Theatre & Radio
ISBN
9781682660348

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Writing Game as an audiobook?

The Writing Game runs 1.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1.1 hours.

Is The Writing Game free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Writing Game?

The Writing Game is narrated by Melanie Van Betten, Jeremy Geidt, Christine Estabrook and Ian Abercrombie and others.