How long does it take to read The Lady in the Lake?
The Lady in the Lake by Raymond Chandler takes about 4 hours 23 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
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About 4 hours 23 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1943. 239 pages, about 65,725 words.
9 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 7 hours 18 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 4 hours 23 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 44 minutes |
The page count is the median across 41 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
In The Lady in the Lake, hardboiled crime fiction master Raymond Chandler brings us the story of a couple of missing wives—one a rich man's and one a poor man's—who have become the objects of Philip Marlowe's investigation. One of them may have gotten a Mexican divorce and married a gigolo and the other may be dead. Marlowe's not sure he cares about either one, but he's not paid to care.
Subjects: Private investigators, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character), Marlowe, Philip (Fictitious character)
