How long does it take to read The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog?
The Snake, the Crocodile, and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters takes about 7 hours 55 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 7 of Amelia Peabody series
Previous: The Last Camel Died at Noon Next: The Hippopotamus Pool
About 7 hours 55 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1992. 432 pages, about 118,800 words.
16 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 13 hours 12 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 55 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 57 minutes |
The page count is the median across 14 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
The delightful seventh adventure for popular heroine Amelia Peabody. The 19th-century Egyptologist and her dashing husband, Emerson, return to Amarna, where they first fell in love. When Emerson is kidnapped, Amelia must rescue her husband, find the culprit, and save her marriage.
Subjects: Fiction, Amelia Peabody (Fictitious character), Women archaeologists, Archaeology, Mystery, Egypt, fiction
