How long does it take to read The Case of the Crying Swallow?
a Perry Mason novelette and other stories
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
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Subjects: American Detective and mystery stories, American Legal stories, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, English Short stories