How long does it take to read The Hound of Death and Other Stories?
The Hound of Death and Other Stories by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 1 minute to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 1 minute
A weekend read
First published 1933. 219 pages, about 60,225 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 42 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 1 minute |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 33 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Twelve unexplained phenomena with no apparent earthly explanation, including a dog-shaped gunpowder mark; an omen from the "other side"; a haunted house; a chilling seance; an elderly lady's hold over a young man; and a mysterious SOS.
Subjects: English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, fantasy, contemporary, Fiction, short stories (single author), England, fiction, Fiction, fantasy, general