How long does it take to read The Return of Sherlock Holmes?
The Return of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle takes about 6 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Canon of Sherlock Holmes
Previous: The Adventure of the Dancing Men Next: The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
About 6 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1903. 352 pages, about 96,800 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 45 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 2 minutes |
The page count is the median across 545 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Return of Sherlock Holmes is a 1905 collection of 13 Sherlock Holmes stories, originally published in 1903–1904, by Arthur Conan Doyle. The stories were published in the Strand Magazine in Britain and Collier's in the United States.
Subjects: air guns, Americans, anise, anonymity, attempted murder, baritsu
