The Big Sleep
★ 3.9 avg
427 votes
About this book
Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 427 readers · 184 pages · ≈ 3 h 24 m · Challenging
How long does it take to read The Big Sleep?
About ≈ 3 h 24 m — 184 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is The Big Sleep?
184 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is The Big Sleep?
It sits on the Mystery, Fiction shelves.
Is The Big Sleep in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote The Big Sleep?
Raymond Chandler (1888–1959).
“It was about eleven o'clock in the morning, mid October, with the sun not shining and a look of hard wet rain in the clearness of the foothills.”