How long does it take to read The Invention of Murder?
The Invention of Murder by Judith Flanders takes about 10 hours 12 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 10 hours 12 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 2011. 556 pages, about 152,900 words.
21 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 16 hours 59 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 10 hours 12 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 6 hours 22 minutes |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In this exploration of murder in the nineteenth century, Judith Flanders explores some of the most gripping cases that fascinated the Victorians and gave rise to the first detective fiction. She retells the gruesome stories of many different types of murder--both famous and obscure--from the crimes (and myths) of Sweeney Todd and Jack the Ripper to the tragedies of the murdered Marr family in London's East End; Burke and Hare and their bodysnatching business in Edinburgh; and Greenacre, who transported his dismembered fiancee around town by omnibus. With an irresistible cast of swindlers, forgers, and poisoners, the mad, the bad and the dangerous to know, "The Invention of Murder" is both a gripping tale of crime and punishment, and history at its most readable.
Subjects: Murder, History, Murder, great britain, Mass media and crime
