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How long does it take to read The Hound of Death and Other Stories?

Agatha Christie

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

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