How long does it take to read The Red Lamp?
The Red Lamp by Mary Roberts Rinehart takes about 5 hours 49 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 5 hours 49 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1925. 317 pages, about 87,175 words.
12 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 9 hours 41 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 5 hours 49 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 38 minutes |
The page count is the median across 19 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Inheriting an isolated lakeside estate that is shrouded in ghost stories, skeptical William Porter and his wife are astonished when they are beckoned by a shadowy apparition and wonder if a ghost or a deadly stranger is responsible.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, American, American Detective and mystery stories, Murder, Fiction, Ghost stories, Investigation
