How long does it take to read The Case of Jennie Brice?
The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart takes about 2 hours 31 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 31 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1915. 137 pages, about 37,675 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 11 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 34 minutes |
The page count is the median across 126 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Mrs. Pittman is missing a tenant. Young Jenny Brice has vanished, leaving behind a blood-stained rope and towel. Could it be murder? With no body to show the police, the determined landlady must solve the case herself. This 1913 mystery is set in Rinehart’s home town of Allegheny City, now part of Pittsburgh.
Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, Detective and mystery stories, American, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general
