How long does it take to read The Chinese Parrot?
a novel
The Chinese Parrot by Earl Derr Biggers takes about 5 hours 48 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Charlie Chan
Next: The House Without a Key
About 5 hours 48 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1926. 316 pages, about 86,900 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 39 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 48 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 37 minutes |
The page count is the median across 114 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
This is a mystery story set in the South California desert. Charlie Chan, the Chinese detective from Honolulu, is entrusted with the safe delivery of a string of pearls to a millionaire's isolated desert ranch. Suspecting all is not well at the ranch, he disguises himself as a servant to investigate the mystery. Other characters include the jeweler's son who accompanies Charlie, a pretty location-finder connected with the movies, the millionaire's secretary, a jaded newspaperman and a mild-mannered naturalist.
Subjects: Charlie Chan (Fictitious character), Police, Fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, California, fiction, Hawaii, fiction
