It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction by Lisa Hopkins
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This book explores why crime fiction so often alludes to Shakespeare. It ranges widely over a variety of authors including classic golden age crime writers such as the four ‘queens of crime’ (Allingham, Christie, Marsh, Sayers), Nicholas Blake and Edmund Crispin, as well as more recent authors such as Reginald Hill, Kate Atkinson and Val McDermid. It also looks at the fondness for Shakespearean allusion in a number of television crime series, most notably Midsomer Murders, Inspector Morse and Lewis, and considers the special sub-genre of detective stories in which a lost Shakespeare play is...
Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction by Lisa Hopkins is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.
This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction aloud.
Shakespearean Allusion in Crime Fiction is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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