How long does it take to read Bulldog Drummond?
H. C. McNeile
Bulldog Drummond by H. C. McNeile takes about 5 hours 8 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 8 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1919. 280 pages, about 77,000 words.
11 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 33 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 8 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 13 minutes |
The page count is the median across 101 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Book #1 of Bulldog Drummond "His Four Rounds with Carl Peterson" series. A demobilised officer of the first World War finds post-war life boring and seeks excitement with an advertisement: ... 'finding peace incredibly tedious, would welcome diversion. Legitimate, if possible; but crime, if of a comparatively humorous description, no objection. Excitement essential...'
Subjects: Bulldog Drummond (fictional character), Sapper, adventurer, adventure, suspense, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
