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How many pages is A Little Princess?

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett has a median of 236 pages across 81 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 191 to 267 pages.

Median pages
236
81 editions counted
Range
112–376
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
65k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
4 h 10 min
At 30 min a day
9 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

10020030040019251950197520001905: 240 pages1916: 266 pages1928: 266 pages1938: 266 pages1963: 240 pages1963: 324 pages1974: 266 pages1981: 266 pages1987: 230 pages1988: 237 pages1989: 191 pages1989: 280 pages1989: 191 pages1990: 236 pages1992: 324 pages1993: 203 pages1993: 183 pages1994: 346 pages1994: 256 pages1995: 256 pages1995: 240 pages1995: 304 pages1996: 224 pages1996: 222 pages1998: 324 pages1998: 192 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 196 pages2003: 200 pages2004: 278 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 178 pages2007: 112 pages2007: 210 pages2007: 296 pages2007: 192 pages2007: 144 pages2010: 312 pages2010: 317 pages2012: 336 pages2012: 310 pages2012: 352 pages2012: 182 pages2012: 240 pages2012: 256 pages2015: 351 pages2015: 267 pages2015: 257 pages2015: 180 pages2016: 352 pages2016: 256 pages2017: 222 pages2017: 222 pages2017: 272 pages2017: 261 pages2017: 280 pages2017: 222 pages2017: 222 pages2019: 166 pages2019: 304 pages2019: 256 pages2020: 208 pages2020: 185 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 171 pages2020: 235 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 320 pages2020: 221 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 244 pages2020: 168 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 171 pages2020: 165 pages2020: 206 pages2020: 199 pages2020: 166 pages2020: 162 pages2021: 172 pages2021: 257 pagesmedian 236
100200300400195020001905: 240 pages1916: 266 pages1928: 266 pages1938: 266 pages1963: 240 pages1963: 324 pages1974: 266 pages1981: 266 pages1987: 230 pages1988: 237 pages1989: 191 pages1989: 280 pages1989: 191 pages1990: 236 pages1992: 324 pages1993: 203 pages1993: 183 pages1994: 346 pages1994: 256 pages1995: 256 pages1995: 240 pages1995: 304 pages1996: 224 pages1996: 222 pages1998: 324 pages1998: 192 pages2000: 224 pages2002: 196 pages2003: 200 pages2004: 278 pages2005: 376 pages2005: 178 pages2007: 112 pages2007: 210 pages2007: 296 pages2007: 192 pages2007: 144 pages2010: 312 pages2010: 317 pages2012: 336 pages2012: 310 pages2012: 352 pages2012: 182 pages2012: 240 pages2012: 256 pages2015: 351 pages2015: 267 pages2015: 257 pages2015: 180 pages2016: 352 pages2016: 256 pages2017: 222 pages2017: 222 pages2017: 272 pages2017: 261 pages2017: 280 pages2017: 222 pages2017: 222 pages2019: 166 pages2019: 304 pages2019: 256 pages2020: 208 pages2020: 185 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 171 pages2020: 235 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 320 pages2020: 221 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 244 pages2020: 168 pages2020: 160 pages2020: 171 pages2020: 165 pages2020: 206 pages2020: 199 pages2020: 166 pages2020: 162 pages2021: 172 pages2021: 257 pagesmedian 236
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover22433 h 57 min
Paperback19683 h 27 min

Editions counted

The 81 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 6 more editions were set aside because the page count was less than half or more than 2.2 times the median, which usually means an abridged text, an omnibus, or a typing error. Open Library lists 305 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021West Margin Press–172OL34152701M
2021Independently Published–257OL34185230M
2020Independently Published–208OL30195274M
2020Independently Published–185OL30207528M
2020Independently Published–160OL30206142M
2020Independently Published–171OL30205226M
2020Independently Published–235OL29993842M
2020Independently Published–160OL30055744M

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Questions

How many pages is A Little Princess?
About 236 pages: that is the median of 81 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 112 to 376 pages.
How long does it take to read A Little Princess?
About 4 h 10 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is A Little Princess?
Roughly 65,000 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)).