How long does it take to read Sherlock Holmes (Hound of the Baskervilles / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet / Valley of Fear)?
Sherlock Holmes (Hound of the Baskervilles / Sign of Four / Study in Scarlet / Valley of Fear) by Arthur Conan Doyle takes about 10 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1929. 571 pages, about 157,025 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 17 hours 27 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 33 minutes |
The page count is the median across 46 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
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