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title: "Cal's Best Finds — Is it worth the hours, and is the narrator any good?"
description: "Early impressions from the opening hour, before the verdict."
url: "https://calsbestfinds.com/format/first-hour/"
lang: "en"
image: "https://calsbestfinds.com/og/default.jpg"
---

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# The First Hour

Early impressions from the opening hour, before the verdict.

## In The First Hour

[The First Hour](https://calsbestfinds.com/format/first-hour/)[Faith](https://calsbestfinds.com/category/faith/)

### [Mere Christianity Audiobook: Which Narrator You Actually Get](https://calsbestfinds.com/shelf/mere-christianity-audiobook-narrator/)

C. S. Lewis, narrated by Geoffrey Howard

Two mainstream recordings, an hour apart and both unabridged. Which one the shops hand you, which one I sampled, and what the opening is actually like.

5 hr 52 min