How long does it take to read The Technique of the Mystery Story?
Carolyn Wells
The Technique of the Mystery Story by Carolyn Wells takes about 6 hours 21 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 21 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1913. 346 pages, about 95,150 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 34 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 21 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 58 minutes |
The page count is the median across 182 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A complete practical guide for detective and mystery story writers of today. How to arrange, invent, plot out, develop and narrate ingenious, convincing, and baffling stories of crime.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories, Nonfiction, Technique, Creative writing, Fiction, Authorship
