How long does it take to read The Lock and Key Library?
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Thomas De Quincey, Charles Dickens, Julian Hatwhorn, Julian Hawthorne, Various
The Lock and Key Library by Thomas De Quincey, Charles Dickens, Julian Hatwhorn, Julian Hawthorne, Various takes about 3 hours 40 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 3 hours 40 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1909. 200 pages, about 55,000 words.
8 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 6 hours 7 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 3 hours 40 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 2 hours 18 minutes |
The page count is the median across 39 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories
