How long does it take to read The Labours of Hercules?
The Labours of Hercules by Agatha Christie takes about 4 hours 52 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 4 hours 52 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1947. 265 pages, about 72,875 words.
10 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 8 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 52 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 89 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Labours of Hercules is a 1947 collection of twelve linked stories starring the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. Planning to retire from private detection, he resolves to take on exactly twelve final cases, picking them so each echoes one of the mythological labours of his famous namesake. Some of the parallels are loose, and others are largely dictated by circumstance rather than his own preference. Poirot's secretary, Miss Lemon, his valet George, and Chief Inspector Japp all make brief appearances along the way. Most of the stories first appeared in magazines around 1939 and 1940.
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Subjects: Fiction, Hercule Poirot (Fictitious character), Private investigators, English Detective and mystery stories, Private investigators in fiction, Mystery
