How long does it take to read Detection by Gaslight?
Douglas G. Greene, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Rudyard Kipling, Headon Hill, Baroness Orczy, George Robert Sims, R. Austin Freeman, L. T. Meade, Robert Eustace, Silas K. Hocking, G. K. Chesterton, Robert W. Chambers, Jacques Futrelle, E. Heron, H. Heron
Detection by Gaslight by Douglas G. Greene, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Morrison, Catherine Louisa Pirkis, Rudyard Kipling, Headon Hill, Baroness Orczy, George Robert Sims, R. Austin Freeman, L. T. Meade, Robert Eustace, Silas K. Hocking, G. K. Chesterton, Robert W. Chambers, Jacques Futrelle, E. Heron, H. Heron takes about 4 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1997. 258 pages, about 70,950 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Adventure of the Copper Beeches Case of the lost foreigner / Arthur Morrison -- Ghost of Fountain Lane / Catherine L. Pirkis -- Return of Imray / Rudyard Kipling -- Divination of the Zagury Capsules / Headon Hill -- York mystery / Baroness Orczy -- Haverstock Hill murder / George R. Sims -- Dead hand / R. Austin Freeman -- Mr. Bovey's unexpected will / L.T. Meade and Robert Eustace -- Perverted genius / Silas K. Hocking -- Eye of Apollo / G.K. Chesterton -- Purple emperor / Robert W. Chambers -- Tragedy of the life raft / Jacques Futrelle -- Story of Baelbrow / E. and H. Heron.
Subjects: English Detective and mystery stories, Short stories, Detective and mystery fiction, English short stories, mystery fiction, brain fever
