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This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer by Richard Holmes

This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Charles Armstrong (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9.7listening hrs
History & Culturestore shelf
2017released
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What our data says

  • At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 61% of the 5,224 History & Culture audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2016 recording read by Steven Crossley runs 2.4 hours longer (12 hours).

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About this listen

This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer is an audiobook by Richard Holmes: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Charles Armstrong, released March 28, 2017, on the History & Culture and Women shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9.7 hrs
Narrated by
Charles Armstrong
Released
March 28, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
History & Culture, Women
ISBN
9781666605372

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer audiobook?

This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.

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Who narrates This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer?

This Long Pursuit: Reflections of a Romantic Biographer is narrated by Charles Armstrong.