How long does it take to read Murder in Canton?
a Chinese detective story
Murder in Canton by Robert van Gulik takes about 3 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Van Gulik's Judge Dee series
Previous: The Monkey and the Tiger Next: The Phantom of the Temple
About 3 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1966. 207 pages, about 56,925 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 20 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In his attempts to solve three perplexing murders, Judge Dee uncovers a plot to take over key positions in the Tang government.
Subjects: Fiction, Judges, History, Dee Jen-Djieh (Fictitious character), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, China, fiction
