How long does it take to read The Amateur Cracksman?
The Amateur Cracksman by E. W. Hornung takes about 3 hours 44 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of A. J. Raffles
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About 3 hours 44 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1899. 204 pages, about 56,100 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 14 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 44 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 20 minutes |
The page count is the median across 223 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
First published in 1899, The Amateur Cracksman was the first collection of stories detailing the exploits and intrigues of gentleman thief A. J. Raffles in late Victorian England. Raffles was E. W. Hornung's most famous character. Popular in its day, the book led to three later works: The Black Mask and A Thief in the Night, both collections of short stories, and Mr. Justice Raffles, a complete novel. In public a popular sportsman, in private a cunning burglar with a weakness for valuable jewelery, Arthur Raffles, with the help of his side-kick Bunny Manders, always manages to thwart the investigations of Scotland Yard's Inspector Mackenzie.
Subjects: Criminals, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Mystery, Raffles (Fictitious character), Short Stories
