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How long does it take to read The Case of the Crying Swallow?

a Perry Mason novelette and other stories

Erle Stanley Gardner

The Case of the Crying Swallow by Erle Stanley Gardner takes about 4 hours 11 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 4 hours 11 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1971. 228 pages, about 62,700 words.

9 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 6 hours 58 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 4 hours 11 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 37 minutes

The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

superb,fantabulous

Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, American Legal stories, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English Short stories

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