Public-domain book · Agatha Christie
The Secret Adversary
The Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie is about 73,025 words — roughly 252 pages in a 6 x 9 in edition, 5 h 7 min to read.
If you published a new edition
| Trim | 10 pt | 11 pt | 12 pt | Spine (white, 11 pt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 x 8 in | 286 | 350 | 416 | 0.788 in |
| 5.5 x 8.5 in | 236 | 286 | 336 | 0.644 in |
| 6 x 9 in | 214 | 252 | 294 | 0.568 in |
| 6.14 x 9.21 in | 200 | 238 | 278 | 0.536 in |
Based on an estimated 73,025 words in the Project Gutenberg text (licence boilerplate excluded).
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Subjects
Private investigators -- England -- Fiction; Detective and mystery stories; Domestic fiction; Married people -- Fiction; Missing persons -- Fiction; Beresford, Tommy (Fictitious character) -- Fiction; Beresford, Tuppence (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
Sources & data
- Metadata from Project Gutenberg (ebook #1155) via Gutendex; edition statistics from Open Library. Word count estimated from the plain-text file size.