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How long does it take to read The Case of the Foot-loose Doll?

Erle Stanley Gardner

The Case of the Foot-loose Doll by Erle Stanley Gardner takes about 3 hours 38 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 3 hours 38 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1958. 198 pages, about 54,450 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 3 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 3 hours 38 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 2 hours 16 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

Engaged to a dynamic young go-getter on his way up the corporate ladder, secretary Mildred Crest was riding high. Until her prince charming embezzled company funds and skipped town, leaving Mildred with nothing but a ring on her finer and egg on her face. Now all she wants is to start life over again. And when a fateful drive leads to the death of a lone hitchhiker, Mildred gets that chance - and a lot more.But switching identities with another woman isn't the sweet escape Mildred dreamed it would be. Because the hitchhiker was on the run from a world of troubles - including a scandal that made her the target of a blackmailer. Desperate, Mildred turns to Perry Mason, who tries to put the screws to her tormentor. But when the extortionist gets exterminated, the whole sordid affair takes an even darker turn for the worse...

Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, Perry Mason (Fictitious character), Mason, Perry (Fictitious character)

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