How Long to Read The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories

How Long Does it Take to Read The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 53 minutes to read The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories by Patricia Craig

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

Description

The detective story, with its roots in Poe's Chevalier Dupin mysteries and Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone, first achieved mass popularity in the 1890s with The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Its success has a good deal to do with its pungency, and with its power to intrigue and absorb thereader while abiding by the rules of the genre (however flexible these have become). Every age has produced a kind of detective fiction which exemplifies its distinctive manners and customs, from the sedate tales which began to appear in the wake of Sherlock Holmes to the debonair detection of the1920s and after.The sleuth short story took off in many directions, with such writers as Anthony Berkeley, Freeman Wills Crofts, Carter Dickson, and Edmund Crispin bringing the upmost expertise and ingenuity to bear on the detective theme. An increasing realism is apparent in the post-war era, though with nodiminution in entertainment value, and as we come up to the present, the detective story has been adapted further to accommodate sexual comedy and other facets of modern life.This collection of 33 stories shows the scope, vigour, and enduring fascination of the detective story, as well as indicating its importance as a barometer of social attitudes and literary practices. It gathers together a wide range of stories, many unfamiliar by writers of the calibre of AgathaChristie, Julian Symons, Ngaio Marsh, G. K. Chesterton, P. D. James, Ruth Rendell, Dorothy L. Sayers, Margery Allingham, Nicholas Blake, Michael Innes, and H. R. F. Keating.

How long is The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories?

The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories by Patricia Craig is 584 pages long, and a total of 148,336 words.

This makes it 197% the length of the average book. It also has 181% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 30 minutes to read The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories aloud.

What Reading Level is The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories?

The Oxford Book of English Detective Stories 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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