How long does it take to read The Sign of Four?
The Sign of Four by Arthur Conan Doyle takes about 2 hours 56 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Part of Canon of Sherlock Holmes
Previous: A Study in Scarlet Next: A Case of Identity
About 2 hours 56 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1889. 160 pages, about 44,000 words.
6 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 53 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 56 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 50 minutes |
The page count is the median across 962 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Subjects: Crime & Mystery, classic fiction, Andamanese, arrow poisons, bloguns, convicts
