How long does it take to read A Midsummer Night's Dream?

About 2 h 28 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.

How many words is A Midsummer Night's Dream?

Roughly 35,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1963

How many pages is A Midsummer Night's Dream?

A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare has a median of 128 pages across 437 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 96 to 176 pages.

Median pages

128

437 editions counted

Range

59–275

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

2.5h

at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)

Words (est.)

35k

at 275 words per page

How long will A Midsummer Night's Dream take you?

Starts at the non-fiction average of 238 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading speed 238 wpm

Page density

Reading time

2 h 28 min

At 30 min a day

5 days

At 1 hour a day

3 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 137 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

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

Format	Median pages	Editions	Reading time
Hardcover	192	7	3 h 42 min
Paperback	132	25	2 h 33 min

Editions counted

The 437 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 71 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 1,505 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2010	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	150	OL28463445M
2010	Pearson Education	–	232	OL28452375M
2010	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	216	OL28468998M
2010	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	180	OL28469116M
2009	Oxford University Press	–	102	OL23730582M
2009	Dover Publications	–	131	OL24043676M
2009	General Books LLC	–	104	OL28443861M
2009	Oberon Books, Limited	–	96	OL28454181M
2008	Oxford University Press	–	275	OL23152207M
2008	ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited	–	108	OL28484289M
2008	Akasha Publishing, LLC	–	108	OL28752476M
2008	Akasha Publishing, LLC	–	108	OL28754228M
2008	Wiley	Paperback	168	OL10294948M
2008	Palgrave Macmillan Limited	–	184	OL28436910M
2008	Modern Library	–	172	OL23963540M
2008	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company	–	168	OL29673044M
2007	FQ Classics	Paperback	120	OL12502503M
2006	Saddleback Publishing	–	61	OL17729155M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	120	OL9733219M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	120	OL10370381M
2006	Icon Reference	Paperback	152	OL7652810M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	116	OL10416665M
2006	Echo Library	Paperback	136	OL8965214M
2006	Saddleback Educational Publishing	Paperback	61	OL12131145M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	126	OL10370480M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	116	OL10416573M
2006	Barnes & Noble	Hardcover	272	OL11689381M
2006	Prestwick House	–	85	OL27690628M
2006	ICON Group International, Inc.	Paperback	118	OL10370589M
2006	Echo Library	Paperback	96	OL8965223M
2006	ICON Reference	Paperback	132	OL9637416M
2005	Oxford University Press, USA	–	128	OL7399663M
2005	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	184	OL7748876M
2005	Tandem Library	Library Binding	102	OL11762537M
2005	Yale University Press	Paperback	224	OL9314335M
2005	Yale University Press	–	224	OL29395744M
2004	Perfection Learning Corp.	–	232	OL3438373M
2004	Washington Square Press	Paperback	256	OL7951208M
2004	Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media	Turtleback	204	OL10943857M
2004	Washington Square Press	Mass Market Paperback	204	OL7951041M
2003	SparkNotes	Hardcover	192	OL8428634M
2003	Cambridge University Press	–	156	OL3704456M
2003	SparkNotes	–	181	OL3319456M
2003	Dover	–	170	OL3683734M
2003	OBERON BOOKS LTD.	–	87	OL22571915M
2003	Prestwick House, Inc.	Paperback	174	OL8779923M
2002	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	94	OL28427210M
2002	Brady, R.C.	–	252	OL28429608M
2001	Oxford University Press	–	99	OL3967186M
2001	Five Star Publications	–	70	OL3657028M
2001	Glencoe/McGraw-Hill	Paperback	168	OL8243492M
2000	Wordsworth Editions, Limited	–	80	OL30087011M
2000	Harcourt Canada, Limited	–	183	OL28425398M
2000	Applause Books	Paperback	110	OL8602126M
2000	Penguin Books	–	88	OL6783308M
2000	Cambridge University Press	–	164	OL6900462M
2000	Pearson Education, Limited	–	192	OL28952235M
2000	Holt, Rinehart, and Winston	–	126	OL3972283M
1998	EMC/Paradigm Pub.	–	120	OL6898409M
1998	Players Press	–	61	OL354651M
1998	Applause	–	90	OL664023M
1998	Wordsworth Editions Ltd	Paperback	128	OL8978411M
1998	Educational Insights, Inc	Paperback	61	OL9819043M
1997	BBC Worldwide	–	96	OL28424081M
1997	Reclam, Ditzingen	Paperback	176	OL9019170M
1996	Applause	–	137	OL1104992M
1996	Oxford University Press, USA	–	80	OL7396160M
1996	Cambridge University Press	–	252	OL50499693M
1996	Cambridge University Press	–	234	OL1273246M
1996	Prentice Hall	–	128	OL968118M
1995	Lake Publishing Company	–	64	OL28736791M
1995	Published for the Malone Society by Oxford University Press	–	66	OL574412M
1995	Trans-Atlantic Publications	Paperback	224	OL7964485M
1995	S. French	–	99	OL17404789M
1995	Lorenz Educational Publishers	–	180	OL1131855M
1994	Clarendon Press	–	275	OL1081510M
1994	Oxford University Press	–	127	OL30087079M
1994	Pearson Education	–	224	OL28424801M
1993	Washington Square Press	–	204	OL32178138M
1993	Washington Square Press	–	204	OL24951083M
1993	J.M. Dent	–	181	OL1157519M
1992	Press Syndicate of the University of Cambridge	–	156	OL1547379M
1992	Oxford University Press, Incorporated	–	128	OL28424082M
1992	Dover Publications	–	66	OL1550073M
1992	Longman	–	245	OL26333270M
1990	Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media	Turtleback	179	OL10944076M
1990	Copp Clark Professional	–	80	OL28738912M
1990	Hodder Education Group	–	174	OL29546314M
1990	Avenel Books	–	127	OL1884941M
1990	Addison-Wesley Longman, Incorporated	–	240	OL28738306M
1988	Pearson Education	–	188	OL28737838M
1988	Donning Co.	–	91	OL2395554M
1988	Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Canada	–	184	OL2274448M
1988	Bantam Books	–	106	OL2394451M
1987	New American Library	–	202	OL2742926M
1986	Swan Books	–	64	OL2713090M
1985	Barron's	–	218	OL3021048M
1985	Joseph	–	96	OL22301810M
1985	Kaplan Publishing	–	224	OL34082129M
1984	Nelson Thornes Limited	–	217	OL30087120M
1984	University Press of America	–	91	OL2843150M
1984	Cambridge University Press	–	148	OL2838446M
1984	Dost	–	75	OL20983339M
1984	Published by CBC Enterprises in association with Stratford S	–	111	OL26596234M
1983	Swan Books	–	99	OL3170162M
1982	D.R. Godine	–	96	OL17623012M
1981	Ash & Grant	–	96	OL47745479M
1981	Penguin Classics	–	176	OL7357270M
1981	Oxford University Press	–	90	OL17769268M
1980	Oxford University Press, USA	–	192	OL7399614M
1979	Methuen	–	164	OL4491893M
1979	Arden Shakespeare	–	265	OL7381605M
1977	Littlehampton Book Services Ltd	–	140	OL43371594M
1977	Abaris Books	–	140	OL4564319M
1977	Viking Press	–	134	OL4540841M
1977	Heinemann	–	134	OL4284769M
1976	Minerva Press	–	148	OL4953629M
1974	Royal Shakespeare Company	–	127	OL5235125M
1973	Pearson Education Australia	–	240	OL28424080M
1972	Collins	–	213	OL5462923M
1971	Penguin Books	–	115	OL5696964M
1971	Macmillan	–	179	OL5321807M
1970	Cornmarket Press	–	60	OL5122529M
1970	Cornmarket Press	–	59	OL5236789M
1970	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	198	OL7716757M
1969	University Tutorial P.	–	160	OL5733307M
1969	Cambridge University Press	–	176	OL18214674M
1969	Houghton Mifflin	–	93	OL4537358M
1969	Blackie	–	63	OL4652463M
1968	Ginn	–	59	OL21537865M
1968	Dell Pub. Co.	–	223	OL5598255M
1968	Cambridge U.P.	–	176	OL5651716M
1968	Cambridge University Press	Paperback	198	OL7731802M
1968	Cambridge U.P	–	176	OL19006523M
1967	Penguin	–	171	OL5582115M
1967	University of London P.	–	140	OL5655057M
1967	Franklin Watts	–	229	OL43737219M
1967	Stanwix House	–	187	OL5858281M
1966	Heinemann Educational Books	–	183	OL4722963M
1966	Blaisdell Pub. Co.	–	85	OL5998055M
1966	–	–	114	OL58642535M
1966	University Microfilms	–	128	OL5996993M
1965	The Yale University Press	–	96	OL32125499M
1965	Longmans	–	205	OL18883866M
1965	Airmont Pub. Co.	–	105	OL5938955M
1965	Bantam Books	–	160	OL5946087M
1964	Longmans	–	159	OL21026017M
1963	Signet Classics	–	202	OL7576935M
1963	New American Library	–	186	OL5903198M
1963	Signet Classics	–	200	OL7576881M
1963	Clarendon Press	–	192	OL19942640M
1960	University Press	–	176	OL19942641M
1960	Artia	–	158	OL50459080M
1960	Dell Pub. Co.	–	159	OL13545467M
1960	University Press	–	176	OL26535679M
1960	Dell Publishing Co., Inc.	–	162	OL58646126M
1959	Penguin Classics	–	120	OL7357391M
1959	Penguin Books	–	119	OL6271849M
1958	Washington Square Press, Inc.	–	81	OL17728541M
1958	Washington square Press	–	80	OL26336940M
1958	[Pocket Books]	–	81	OL6258823M
1958	University Press	–	83	OL5818455M
1955	Grabhorn Press	–	108	OL6195466M
1949	The University Press	–	176	OL17915298M
1949	The UniversityPress	–	176	OL20225078M
1949	The University Press	–	176	OL14636757M
1941	The Viking Press	–	135	OL18565145M
1939	The Clarendon Press	–	192	OL4932074M
1939	Macmillan	–	197	OL15959748M
1939	The Clarendon press	–	192	OL22791041M
1939	Ginn	–	160	OL26889459M
1939	Ltd. Editions Club	–	74	OL45017062M
1938	Methuen and Co.	–	181	OL21833976M
1937	Penguin	–	100	OL18281320M
1935	Macmillan	–	117	OL19664548M
1935	The Popular fiction publishing co.	–	97	OL6333628M
1935	Grosset & Dunlap	–	85	OL6324531M
1935	Macmillan	–	122	OL19423279M
1935	J.M. Dent	–	104	OL6318961M
1934	Dent	–	101	OL43743317M
1934	J.M. Dent & sons, ltd.	–	104	OL6317081M
1934	G. C. Sansoni	–	233	OL52988351M
1930	Methuen	–	181	OL15959715M
1929	The Macmillan company	–	139	OL6732876M
1929	W. Heinemann	–	134	OL45012029M
1929	D.C. Heath	–	109	OL6731581M
1927	Charles E. Merrill	–	165	OL6701321M
1925	John C. Winston company	–	138	OL6683136M
1924	Cambridge University Press	–	176	OL21026007M
1924	Cambridge University Press	–	176	OL19853632M
1924	W. Heinemann	–	134	OL20247417M
1924	[Ernest Benn]	–	71	OL2916918M
1924	University Press	–	176	OL6674313M
1924	University Press	–	176	OL22805348M
1924	Cambridge University Press	–	176	OL22599750M
1923	Macmillan	–	197	OL43729091M
1922	Christophers	–	108	OL6651659M
1922	J.M. Dent & Sons	–	159	OL576119M
1922	Methuen	–	181	OL15959709M
1922	Methuen & Co. Ltd	–	181	OL20314745M
1922	Allyn and Bacon	–	219	OL6646489M
1922	Methuen	–	181	OL17624409M
1920	Cambridge University Press	Hardcover	216	OL7716368M
1920	Copp, Clark	–	109	OL53665571M
1919	Scott, Foresman	–	164	OL13517138M
1918	Yale University Press	–	96	OL23761756M
1918	Yale University Press	–	96	OL6611442M
1918	American Book Co.	–	230	OL7185077M
1918	Copp, Clark	–	109	OL24396949M
1918	American Book Co.	–	230	OL21807632M
1918	American Book Co.	–	230	OL20748714M
1916	D.C. Heath & co.	–	185	OL6589365M
1914	Constable & Co., Ltd.	–	185	OL6575911M
1914	Doubleday, Page & Co.	–	134	OL14030800M
1914	Constable & Co.	–	185	OL24785996M
1914	H. Holt	–	185	OL7084052M
1912	Macmillan	–	113	OL6540448M
1912	Doubleday, Page	–	165	OL43784379M
1912	Macmillan Co.	–	113	OL7131065M
1912	Doubleday, Page & company	–	165	OL24785145M
1912	Clarendon Press	–	72	OL18281343M
1912	Clarendon Press	–	72	OL24132602M
1912	Doubleday, Page & company	–	165	OL6541092M
1912	D.C. Heath	–	199	OL17729934M
1912	Macmillan Co.	–	113	OL19478094M
1911	Blackie	–	214	OL52510470M
1911	American Book Company	brown cloth hardback	102	OL6527214M
1911	Doubleday, Page & Co.	–	134	OL44401126M
1911	Heinemann	–	134	OL22952079M
1910	University Press	–	172	OL17139832M
1910	Ginn and company	–	114	OL52469679M
1910	Scott, Foresman and company	–	158	OL16610375M
1908	W. Heinemann	–	134	OL17009718M
1908	W. Heinemann	–	134	OL45016198M
1908	Ginn & company	–	128	OL23719427M
1908	Chatto & Windus	–	68	OL7014912M
1908	Ginn & company	–	128	OL23403862M
1908	William Heinemann	–	134	OL44152262M
1908	Heinemann	–	134	OL7227878M
1908	Heinemann	–	134	OL14022769M
1908	W. Heinemann	–	134	OL45016194M
1908	Doubleday, Page & co.	–	134	OL52847739M
1908	Duffield & company	–	65	OL7008079M
1908	Heinemann	–	134	OL22976531M
1908	Heinemann	–	134	OL17606105M
1907	Chatto and Windus	–	65	OL7006206M
1907	Duffield	–	65	OL24155558M
1907	F.A. Stokes Company	–	93	OL6987563M
1905	American Book Company	–	195	OL32244689M
1905	Methuen	–	181	OL20225027M
1903	Crowell	–	216	OL6924565M
1903	Houghton, Mifflin	–	100	OL6924489M
1903	American Book Company	–	230	OL6936531M
1901	University Society	–	134	OL23319396M
1900	Blackie	–	199	OL7089631M
1900	Nilsson	–	128	OL17131827M
1900	D.C. Heath & Co.	–	102	OL6775320M
1900	Morang	–	214	OL18492149M
1900	Blackie	–	199	OL15959691M
1900	Copp Clark Pub. Co.	–	109	OL15059151M
1900	George Bell & Sons	–	99	OL20417658M
1898	Bliss, Sands, & Co.	–	83	OL6889102M
1896	Silver, Burdett and company	–	127	OL24188179M
1896	Longmans, Green	–	111	OL57655206M
1896	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	111	OL43728633M
1895	Leach, Shewell, & Sanborn	–	204	OL32220897M
1895	Leach, Shewell, & Sanborn	–	204	OL6552553M
1895	J.M. Dent & co.	–	128	OL53686783M
1895	J.M. Dent & co.	–	128	OL6412711M
1895	J.M. Dent	–	128	OL40258522M
1894	J.M. Dent and Co.	–	111	OL17861683M
1894	American book company	–	90	OL6637059M
1894	American book company	–	90	OL24734014M
1894	American book company	–	90	OL24819218M
1894	J.M. Dent	–	111	OL25261671M
1893	G. P. Putnam's sons	–	142	OL44949044M
1891	Macmillan	–	157	OL15959723M
1890	E. Maynard & co.	–	119	OL23719482M
1890	The Shakespeare Society of New York	–	157	OL21246954M
1888	Privately printed for Mr. Daly	–	76	OL13502471M
1888	Houghton, Mifflin and Company	–	61	OL52674219M
1888	Houghton, Mifflin and company	–	61	OL24187479M
1888	s.n.]	–	75	OL6606119M
1887	George Gill	–	144	OL17292439M
1885	Harper & brothers	–	195	OL14688765M
1884	Ginn, Heath, & co.	–	128	OL23719574M
1881	Rivingtons	–	80	OL52988350M
1880	W. Griggs	–	63	OL13440461M
1880	W. Griggs	–	63	OL25659447M
1880	Ginn & Heath	–	128	OL6637058M
1880	W. Griggs	–	63	OL7062941M
1880	W. Griggs	–	63	OL19524534M
1877	Harper	–	195	OL14474458M
1874	D. Appleton and company	–	101	OL6637057M
1870	Roberts Bros.	–	87	OL45033515M
1868	Longmans, Green & Co.	–	88	OL18424778M
1868	Longmans, Green, and Co.; [etc.,etc.]	–	88	OL6644762M
1856	J.K. Chapman	–	60	OL45057361M
1619	Printed by Iames Roberts [i.e. William Jaggard for T. Pavier	–	64	OL6590445M
1600	[By Richard Bradock] for Thomas Fisher, and are to be soulde	–	64	OL24594641M

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Questions

How many pages is A Midsummer Night's Dream?: About 128 pages: that is the median of 437 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 59 to 275 pages.
How long does it take to read A Midsummer Night's Dream?: About 2 h 28 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
How many words is A Midsummer Night's Dream?: Roughly 35,000 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)).