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How many pages is A Civil Contract?

A Civil Contract by Georgette Heyer has a median of 402 pages across 14 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 393 to 443 pages.

Median pages
402
14 editions counted
Range
248–624
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
110k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Civil Contract take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
7 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
15 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

200400600197019801990200020101961: 393 pages1961: 394 pages1961: 393 pages1965: 410 pages1971: 393 pages1973: 248 pages1991: 624 pages1992: 624 pages1992: 394 pages1993: 624 pages1994: 454 pages2005: 409 pages2009: 410 pages2011: 384 pagesmedian 401
200400600198020001961: 393 pages1961: 394 pages1961: 393 pages1965: 410 pages1971: 393 pages1973: 248 pages1991: 624 pages1992: 624 pages1992: 394 pages1993: 624 pages1994: 454 pages2005: 409 pages2009: 410 pages2011: 384 pagesmedian 401
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 14 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 36 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2011Penguin Random House–384OL34455923M
2009HQN Books–410OL25561005M
2005Harlequin–409OL3473598M
1994Harpercollins (Mm)–454OL7286262M
1993Chivers Press–624OL21365289M
1992Chivers–624OL17462614M
1992Mandarin–394OL17399561M
1991Thorndike Press–624OL2028198M

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Questions

How many pages is A Civil Contract?
About 402 pages: that is the median of 14 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 248 to 624 pages.
How long does it take to read A Civil Contract?
About 7 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 15 days.
How many words is A Civil Contract?
Roughly 110,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

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)).