It takes the average reader 12 hours and 38 minutes to read The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Volume II of The complete Sherlock Holmes begins with The Return of Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, tired of writing about Holmes, had killed him off at the end of "The Final Problem", the last tale in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (found in Volume I of The Complete Sherlock Holmes). Public demand for new Holmes stories was so great, however, that Conan Doyle eventually resurrected him. The first story in The Return, "The Adventure of the Empty House", features Conan Doyle's infamously inventive explanation of how Holmes escaped what seemed like certain death. This volume also...
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle is 752 pages long, and a total of 189,504 words.
This makes it 254% the length of the average book. It also has 232% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 15 minutes to read The Complete Sherlock Holmes aloud.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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