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How long does it take to read Poodle Springs?

Raymond Chandler

Poodle Springs by Raymond Chandler takes about 4 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

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About 4 hours 55 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1989. 268 pages, about 73,700 words.

10 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 8 hours 11 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 55 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 4 minutes

The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Philip Marlowe marries a rich, beautiful society lady who wants him to settle down. But old habits die hard, and Marlowe soon is back in business, enmeshed in a case involving pornography, bigamy, and murder.

Subjects: Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character), Private investigators, Fiction, Los angeles (calif.), fiction, California, fiction, Private investigators, fiction

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