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Book · by Albert Camus · first published 1971

How many pages is A Happy Death?

A Happy Death by Albert Camus has a median of 192 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 154 to 196 pages.

Median pages
192
11 editions counted
Range
136–231
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
53k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Happy Death 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
3 h 23 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

1502001980199020001972: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1972: 199 pages1972: 199 pages1973: 136 pages1973: 192 pages1973: 136 pages1975: 231 pages1983: 165 pages1995: 192 pages2006: 144 pagesmedian 192
150200198020001972: 192 pages1972: 192 pages1972: 199 pages1972: 199 pages1973: 136 pages1973: 192 pages1973: 136 pages1975: 231 pages1983: 165 pages1995: 192 pages2006: 144 pagesmedian 192
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 30 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Penguin Books Ltdpaperback144OL7359169M
1995Vintage International–192OL918497M
1983Zaharopovlos–165OL20416725M
1975Gallimard–231OL20312055M
1973Penguin–136OL17412640M
1973Vintage Books–192OL5288530M
1973Penguin–136OL14945133M
1972Alfred A. Knopf–192OL49660424M

More by Albert Camus

All 7 books by Albert Camus with page counts

Questions

How many pages is A Happy Death?
About 192 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 136 to 231 pages.
How long does it take to read A Happy Death?
About 3 h 23 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is A Happy Death?
Roughly 53,000 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)).