How long does it take to read The Raymond Chandler Omnibus?
four famous classics.
The Raymond Chandler Omnibus by Raymond Chandler takes about 11 hours 28 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 11 hours 28 minutes
A week or two of reading
First published 1953. 625 pages, about 171,875 words.
23 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 19 hours 6 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 11 hours 28 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 7 hours 10 minutes |
The page count is the median across 12 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Big Sleep (1939) is a hardboiled crime novel by Raymond Chandler, the first to feature the detective Philip Marlowe. It has been adapted for film twice, in 1946 and again in 1978. The story is set in Los Angeles. The story is noted for its complexity, with characters double-crossing one another and secrets being exposed throughout the narrative. The title is a euphemism for death; it refers to a rumination about "sleeping the big sleep" in the final pages of the book. In 1999, the book was voted 96th of Le Monde's "100 Books of the Century". In 2005, it was included in Time magazine's "List of the 100 Best Novels".
Subjects: Private investigators, Fiction, American Detective and mystery stories, Philip Marlowe (Fictitious character)
