How long does it take to read The Curse of the Bronze Lamp?
The Curse of the Bronze Lamp by John Dickson Carr takes about 3 hours 30 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 30 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1945. 191 pages, about 52,525 words.
7 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 5 hours 50 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 30 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 11 minutes |
The page count is the median across 6 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
An ancient Egyptian lamp carries a curse -- or is there something more sinister behind a series of mysterious deaths? Sir Henry Merrivale becomes involved with the lamp's current owner, the daughter of one of the dead men.
Subjects: England, fiction, Fiction, Blessing and cursing, Romance Ingles
