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Author · born 7 February 1812 · died 9 June 1870

Charles Dickens books: page counts

11 books by Charles Dickens with enough editions on Open Library to give a reliable page count.

Books
11
with page data
Longest
848
Bleak House
Shortest
114
A Christmas Carol

Pages per book

Median page count, in order of first publication.

Oliver Twist (1800)457The Pickwick Papers (1847)764Our Mutual Friend (1868)830Hard Times (1891)348Great Expectations (1950)508A Christmas Carol (1986)114A Tale of Two Cities (1996)407David Copperfield (2000)837Bleak House (2005)848The Old Curiosity Shop (2006)577American Notes258
Oliver Twist (1800)457The Pickwick Papers …764Our Mutual Friend (1…830Hard Times (1891)348Great Expectations (…508A Christmas Carol (1…114A Tale of Two Cities…407David Copperfield (2…837Bleak House (2005)848The Old Curiosity Sh…577American Notes258
Open Library edition records.

Every book

BookFirst publishedMedian pagesRangeReading time
Oliver Twist1800457204–7528 h 03 min
The Pickwick Papers1847764361–1,12013 h 28 min
Our Mutual Friend1868830374–1,18414 h 38 min
Hard Times1891348179–6846 h 08 min
Great Expectations1950508220–1,0608 h 57 min
A Christmas Carol198611452–2502 h 01 min
A Tale of Two Cities1996407205–8217 h 10 min
David Copperfield2000837388–1,26414 h 45 min
Bleak House2005848394–1,29614 h 57 min
The Old Curiosity Shop2006578274–78710 h 11 min
American Notes–258126–5524 h 58 min

Reading all 11 takes about 105 h 17 min at average speed (5,948 pages).

Data: Open Library monthly data dumps (works, editions, authors, reading log, ratings) (Open Library / Internet Archive); How many words do we read per minute? A review and meta-analysis of reading rate (Marc Brysbaert, Journal of Memory and Language 109 (2019)).