How long does it take to read A Scandal in Bohemia?
A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle takes about 1 hour 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Canon of Sherlock Holmes
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About 1 hour 26 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1967. 78 pages, about 21,450 words.
3 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 2 hours 23 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 1 hour 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
"A Scandal in Bohemia" is the first short story, and the third overall work, featuring Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective Sherlock Holmes. It is the first of the 56 Holmes short stories written by Doyle and the first of 38 Sherlock Holmes works illustrated by Sidney Paget. The story is notable for introducing the character of Irene Adler, who is one of the most notable female characters in the Sherlock Holmes series, despite appearing in only one story. Doyle ranked "A Scandal in Bohemia" fifth in his list of his twelve favourite Holmes stories. "A Scandal in Bohemia" was first published on 25 June 1891 in the July issue of The Strand Magazine, and was the first of the stories collected in The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes in 1892.
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