How Long to Read A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches

How Long Does it Take to Read A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches by Charles Press

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

More parodies have been written targeting Sherlock Holmes than anyone else dead or alive, fictional or real. James M. Barrie, the author of Peter Pan, started it all back in the early 1890's and Sherlockian parody has been coming out regularly ever since, right into the age of the internet. While Sherlock's creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lived, close to 400 appeared in Britain and America. In these early parodies, Sherlock is off on the wrong track in the great Coleslaw mystery, struggling with the disappearance of the President's Whisker, rescuing that damsel in distress, Elsa Lohengrin, and even delving into the spirit world---and much more. Mark Twain, the Mr. Dooley of Finley Peter Dunne, Kenneth Grahame's Ratty of The Wind in the Willows, John Kendrick Bangs, Bret Harte, Ring Lardner, C. K. Chesterton, and O. Henry all contributed to this early Bedside collection. Sherlock turns up at Wellseley College and Yale, Hades and The Garden of Eden, Peoria and the Oklahoma Territory, in the trenches of War I and often in his familiar Baker Street hangout. Sherlockian Charles Press began collecting these early lampoons as a hobby after retiring from Michigan State University. He is the author of two Sherlockian monographs, Parodies and Pastiches, Buzzing Round Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Looking Over Sir Arthur's Shoulder, and "When Did Arthur Conan Doyle Meet Jean Leckie?" in The Baker Street Journal.

How long is A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches?

A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches by Charles Press is 261 pages long, and a total of 65,511 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 57 minutes to read A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches aloud.

What Reading Level is A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches?

A Bedside Book of Early Sherlockian Parodies and Pastiches is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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