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How long does it take to read Thus Was Adonis Murdered?

Sarah Caudwell

Thus Was Adonis Murdered by Sarah Caudwell takes about 5 hours 34 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 5 hours 34 minutes

A weekend read

First published 1981. 304 pages, about 83,600 words.

12 days at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 9 hours 17 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 5 hours 34 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 3 hours 29 minutes

The page count is the median across 17 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

The witty chronicles of a stable of young London barristers, narrated by their former tutor, an academic scholar of indeterminate gender. These stories are Bertie Wooster only with brains; Rumpole if he were young and good looking; Mary Poppins unencumbered with kiddies. You will laugh.

Subjects: Fiction, Law teachers, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, legal, England, fiction, Hilary Tamar (Fictitious character)

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