How long does it take to read The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack?
The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder takes about 7 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
Book 1 of Burton & Swinburne
About 7 hours 50 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2010. 427 pages, about 117,425 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 3 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 54 minutes |
The page count is the median across 10 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Sir Richard Francis Burton investigates a strange apparition called Spring Heeled Jack that has been assaulting young women around London.
Subjects: Fiction, science fiction, general, Great britain, fiction, Fiction, History, Assassination attempts, Spring-heeled Jack (Legendary character)