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We Begin Our Ascent by Joe Mungo Reed

We Begin Our Ascent: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Begin Our Ascent audiobook runs 6.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Joseph Tweedale (about 4.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.9listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish We Begin Our Ascent at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day14 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.9 hours, it is shorter than 72% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

Other recordings

  • The 2018 recording read by Matthew Lloyd Davies runs 1.3 hours longer (8.2 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

We Begin Our Ascent is an audiobook by Joe Mungo Reed: a 6.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Tweedale, released July 5, 2018, on the Drama and Literary Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.9 hrs
Narrated by
Joseph Tweedale
Released
July 5, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Drama, Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780008298180

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the We Begin Our Ascent audiobook?

We Begin Our Ascent runs 6.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.6 hours.

Is the We Begin Our Ascent audiobook free?

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

Who narrates We Begin Our Ascent?

We Begin Our Ascent is narrated by Joseph Tweedale.