Book · by Charles Dickens · first published 1996
How many pages is A Tale of Two Cities?
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens has a median of 407 pages across 480 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 361 to 464 pages.
Median pages
407
480 editions counted
Range
205–821
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
112k
at 275 words per page
How long will A Tale of Two Cities take you?
Reading time
7 h 10 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.
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 | 388 | 127 | 6 h 50 min |
| Paperback | 418 | 63 | 7 h 22 min |
| Mass market | 380 | 12 | 6 h 41 min |
Editions counted
The 480 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 53 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 2,094 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 448 | OL28749600M |
| 2011 | Andrews UK Ltd. | – | 404 | OL34467439M |
| 2011 | Publishing in Motion | – | 412 | OL34464991M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 422 | OL34435791M |
| 2010 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 320 | OL34444650M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 440 | OL34448548M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 426 | OL34445196M |
| 2010 | Simon & Brown | – | 428 | OL34453796M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 304 | OL28462397M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 514 | OL34435952M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 480 | OL34448363M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 486 | OL28469004M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 530 | OL34444674M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 266 | OL34445188M |
| 2010 | Ancient Wisdom Publications | Hardcover | 409 | OL34497352M |
| 2010 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 464 | OL28458682M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 300 | OL34445581M |
| 2010 | Premier Classics | Paperback | 413 | OL45081403M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 344 | OL34436527M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 448 | OL34458668M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 392 | OL34498571M |
| 2010 | General Books LLC | – | 338 | OL28441026M |
| 2010 | NuVision Publications, LLC | – | 356 | OL34436278M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 448 | OL34436617M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 502 | OL34449615M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 388 | OL28468126M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 264 | OL34420323M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 385 | OL34446847M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 264 | OL34416297M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 358 | OL28449295M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 385 | OL34446849M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 386 | OL34430824M |
| 2009 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 386 | OL34430829M |
| 2009 | Arcturus | Paperback | 364 | OL29546917M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 416 | OL34413460M |
| 2009 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 636 | OL28474461M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 368 | OL28449294M |
| 2009 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 386 | OL28431974M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 316 | OL28441036M |
| 2009 | Editorium, The | – | 352 | OL29791482M |
| 2009 | General Books LLC | – | 694 | OL28441039M |
| 2008 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 376 | OL34419433M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 406 | OL23161165M |
| 2008 | Arc Manor | – | 316 | OL34418259M |
| 2008 | Overlook Press, The | – | 400 | OL28744561M |
| 2008 | Akasha Publishing, LLC | – | 404 | OL28742812M |
| 2008 | Akasha Publishing, LLC | – | 404 | OL28746401M |
| 2008 | Cambridge Scholars Publisher | – | 345 | OL28453657M |
| 2008 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 404 | OL23555181M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 440 | OL34415920M |
| 2008 | Akasha Publishing, LLC | – | 404 | OL34427520M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 440 | OL34427878M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 376 | OL12557694M |
| 2007 | Dalmatian Press Classics | – | 434 | OL32146013M |
| 2007 | Dalmatian Press Classics | paperback | 434 | OL11641843M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 408 | OL11678063M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 436 | OL11878973M |
| 2007 | Signet Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 397 | OL23141747M |
| 2007 | Borders Classics | Paperback | 361 | OL34819287M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 439 | OL28444355M |
| 2007 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 390 | OL34421062M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 596 | OL11858874M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 464 | OL10416606M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 464 | OL9559837M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 456 | OL10370621M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 460 | OL9563657M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 484 | OL9715779M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 368 | OL11858795M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434680M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 464 | OL10416489M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 432 | OL8964934M |
| 2005 | Digireads.com Publishing | – | 228 | OL34426539M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 466 | OL10370415M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 450 | OL10370523M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 544 | OL7652675M |
| 2005 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 396 | OL11826198M |
| 2005 | Thorndike Press | – | 701 | OL3396247M |
| 2004 | 1st World Publishing, Incorporated | – | 576 | OL34420535M |
| 2004 | Pocket Books | Paperback | 470 | OL3471894M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press, LLC | – | 392 | OL34418578M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 448 | OL8870330M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 409 | OL8870200M |
| 2004 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 496 | OL34415450M |
| 2004 | New Dawn Press, Incorporated | – | 240 | OL34420506M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press, LLC | – | 392 | OL34412361M |
| 2003 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 336 | OL28431571M |
| 2003 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 496 | OL8772686M |
| 2003 | GE Fabbri | Hardcover | 431 | OL45454384M |
| 2003 | Toby Press | – | 435 | OL27788455M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 429 | OL3697763M |
| 2003 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 442 | OL28430910M |
| 2003 | Echo Library | Paperback | 536 | OL11914594M |
| 2003 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 399 | OL46835127M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 238 | OL3955084M |
| 2002 | Everbind Anthologies | – | 587 | OL3960644M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | – | 396 | OL34412018M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | – | 396 | OL34412017M |
| 2001 | Dover | – | 528 | OL6795634M |
| 2001 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 399 | OL43119125M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 481 | OL6899373M |
| 2000 | Trident Press International | – | 358 | OL6805554M |
| 2000 | Puffin | – | 384 | OL7359525M |
| 1999 | Courage Books | Hardcover | 272 | OL8032758M |
| 1999 | HarperCollins | Paperback | 544 | OL9239856M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 390 | OL7973611M |
| 1999 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 290 | OL45128112M |
| 1998 | Konemann | Hardcover | 242 | OL8947878M |
| 1998 | Sweetwater Press | Hardcover | 482 | OL30085767M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 422 | OL12286518M |
| 1998 | Book-of-the-Month Club | Hardcover | 337 | OL44965594M |
| 1998 | EMC/Paradigm Pub. | – | 436 | OL6898415M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 524 | OL475100M |
| 1997 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 371 | OL7577254M |
| 1997 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 418 | OL12034648M |
| 1996 | The Modern Library | Hardcover | 482 | OL969702M |
| 1996 | Everyman | Paperback | 407 | OL7592678M |
| 1996 | Washington Square Press/Pocket Books | Mass Market Paperback | 493 | OL7644053M |
| 1996 | Pocket Books | – | 493 | OL24505271M |
| 1995 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 371 | OL7354180M |
| 1995 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 384 | OL28430240M |
| 1994 | Wordsworth Classics | Paperback | 307 | OL24221262M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 367 | OL7357092M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 367 | OL34469444M |
| 1993 | Barnes & Noble Books | Paperback | 374 | OL26332052M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | paperback | 307 | OL47307592M |
| 1993 | Knopf | Hardcover | 413 | OL1750816M |
| 1992 | HarperCollins Canada, Limited | – | 268 | OL28424828M |
| 1992 | Courage Books, an imprint of Running Press | Hardcover | 272 | OL1568631M |
| 1992 | ISIS Large Print Books | Hardcover | 401 | OL12006811M |
| 1991 | Mandarin | Paperback | 394 | OL28536123M |
| 1990 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 380 | OL1859004M |
| 1989 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 416 | OL30086126M |
| 1989 | TOR | Mass Market Paperback | 384 | OL9472269M |
| 1988 | Random House Value Publishing | Hardcover | 410 | OL7685343M |
| 1988 | Oxford University Press | – | 524 | OL2526375M |
| 1988 | Portland House Illustrated Classics | – | 266 | OL2036425M |
| 1987 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 416 | OL7382199M |
| 1987 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 410 | OL43720887M |
| 1986 | Running Press Book Publishers | Paperback | 272 | OL11305819M |
| 1985 | Chancellor Publications Limited | – | 466 | OL34422625M |
| 1985 | Silver Burdett Press | – | 288 | OL7436167M |
| 1984 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 399 | OL3191508M |
| 1984 | Macmillan Education Australia | – | 392 | OL28429693M |
| 1983 | Watermill | Paperback | 397 | OL8236098M |
| 1983 | Dent | Hardcover | 384 | OL7592297M |
| 1982 | Greenwich House | – | 410 | OL3491945M |
| 1982 | Silver Burdett Co. | – | 397 | OL3794352M |
| 1982 | Franklin Library | – | 439 | OL3120551M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 369 | OL7820357M |
| 1980 | G. K. Hall | Hardcover | 630 | OL4098959M |
| 1980 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 380 | OL46545769M |
| 1980 | Guild Publishing | Hardcover | 351 | OL43410188M |
| 1980 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 380 | OL44595560M |
| 1978 | Oxford University Press | – | 358 | OL23242505M |
| 1976 | Purnell | Hardcover | 210 | OL43672715M |
| 1975 | MacDonald & Company (Publishers), Limited | – | 392 | OL34416700M |
| 1975 | Peebles Press, International, Incorporated | – | 320 | OL34414620M |
| 1973 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 470 | OL32146012M |
| 1973 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 230 | OL34420549M |
| 1973 | Laurel-Leaf Library | Paperback | 480 | OL45825732M |
| 1973 | [Distributed for] Folio Press [by] J. M. Dent | – | 329 | OL5098398M |
| 1971 | Bancroft Books | Hardcover | 210 | OL32146014M |
| 1970 | Penguin | – | 410 | OL5023866M |
| 1970 | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers | Paperback | 361 | OL12270919M |
| 1970 | Collier Books | Paperback | 349 | OL46835099M |
| 1969 | F. Watts | – | 582 | OL4716402M |
| 1968 | Lancer Books | Mass Market Paperback | 558 | OL45449147M |
| 1968 | Scholastic, Incorporated | – | 482 | OL45923854M |
| 1968 | Cambridge Book Co. | – | 434 | OL5630367M |
| 1968 | Laurel-Leaf Library | Paperback | 480 | OL46545788M |
| 1968 | Washington Square Press Inc. | Paperback | 470 | OL42945052M |
| 1968 | Scholastic Book Services | Paperback | 468 | OL43669554M |
| 1967 | Bancroft & Co. | Hardcover | 210 | OL46544795M |
| 1966 | Heritage Press | – | 352 | OL50527800M |
| 1966 | Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute | – | 479 | OL5913564M |
| 1966 | Dean & Son, Ltd | Hardcover | 247 | OL43140606M |
| 1966 | Washington Square Press | paperback | 470 | OL47307510M |
| 1966 | Heritage Press | Hardcover | 371 | OL43355596M |
| 1966 | J. M. Dent & Sons | Hardcover | 384 | OL46835034M |
| 1965 | Collins | Hardcover | 416 | OL45531392M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row Publishers | Paperback | 368 | OL43983972M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row Publishers | Paperback | 368 | OL46545791M |
| 1965 | Paddington Corporation | Hardcover | 480 | OL46545776M |
| 1965 | The Paddington Corporation | Hardcover | 480 | OL43388006M |
| 1965 | The Fountain Press | Hardcover | 358 | OL50991367M |
| 1964 | New American Library | mass market paperback | 379 | OL45668909M |
| 1964 | Parents' Magazine's Cultural Institute | Hardcover | 479 | OL26640471M |
| 1963 | Harcourt, Brace & World | Paperback | 269 | OL46543760M |
| 1963 | Airmont Publishing Co. | – | 322 | OL50993571M |
| 1963 | Allyn and Bacon, Inc. | Hardcover | 456 | OL46835079M |
| 1963 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 470 | OL45449657M |
| 1963 | Prentice Hall PTR | – | 358 | OL34418689M |
| 1962 | Houghton Mifflin Company | Hardcover | 365 | OL46545779M |
| 1962 | Houghton Mifflin Company | Hardcover | 365 | OL45502558M |
| 1962 | Washington Square Press | – | 500 | OL49813750M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 349 | OL5852055M |
| 1960 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 379 | OL46835100M |
| 1960 | Signet Classics | – | 379 | OL7576612M |
| 1958 | Harper | – | 401 | OL6246302M |
| 1958 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 370 | OL34808943M |
| 1958 | Schofield & Sims Ltd,. | Hardcover | 253 | OL46545768M |
| 1952 | Folio Society | – | 329 | OL45016466M |
| 1952 | Collins | hardcover | 416 | OL42952296M |
| 1950 | Collins | – | 256 | OL18704372M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 396 | OL6072610M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 396 | OL45997436M |
| 1950 | Harcourt, Brace | – | 293 | OL6069447M |
| 1949 | Fountain Press | hardcover | 336 | OL47307552M |
| 1949 | The Fountain Press | Hardcover | 336 | OL25175030M |
| 1949 | Oxford University Press | – | 358 | OL6049668M |
| 1948 | Grosset & Dunlap | Library Binding | 416 | OL6030112M |
| 1947 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 631 | OL45600410M |
| 1942 | Dodd, Mead & company | – | 353 | OL26888270M |
| 1942 | The L. W. Singer company | – | 234 | OL6431980M |
| 1938 | The Heritage Press | Hardcover | 371 | OL13859002M |
| 1938 | The Heritage Club | – | 371 | OL6378583M |
| 1938 | Heritage Press | Hardcover | 371 | OL46693690M |
| 1938 | The Heritage Club | – | 408 | OL45932388M |
| 1938 | Heritage Press | Library Binding | 371 | OL27785456M |
| 1937 | World Syndicate Publishing Company | Hardcover | 346 | OL45312927M |
| 1936 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 378 | OL45957122M |
| 1936 | Books, Inc. | Hardcover | 374 | OL25128751M |
| 1936 | New American Library | mass market paperback | 379 | OL47310995M |
| 1934 | Grosset & Dunlap | Library Binding | 400 | OL44383749M |
| 1933 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 450 | OL46875092M |
| 1931 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. | Hardcover | 374 | OL6347253M |
| 1931 | Houghton Mifflin Company | hardcover | 373 | OL47313423M |
| 1930 | The Macmillan company | – | 631 | OL6741760M |
| 1930 | The Macmillan company | hardcover | 459 | OL46921887M |
| 1930 | D. C. Heath and Company | Hardcover | 392 | OL27898750M |
| 1929 | D. C. Heath and company | Hardcover | 395 | OL27888748M |
| 1928 | Harlow publishing company | – | 512 | OL6715498M |
| 1928 | Longmans, Green & Co. | Hardcover | 388 | OL40514769M |
| 1925 | F.M. Ambrose | – | 606 | OL6680529M |
| 1925 | Dodd, Mead and company | – | 353 | OL13525117M |
| 1921 | Cosmopolitan Book Corporation | Hardcover | 362 | OL6641967M |
| 1920 | Books, Inc. | Hardcover | 374 | OL26363911M |
| 1919 | Scott, Forseman and Company | Hardcover | 533 | OL45277794M |
| 1919 | Scott, Foresman and Company | Hardcover | 533 | OL6616415M |
| 1919 | Chapman & Hall | Hardcover | 506 | OL20609895M |
| 1919 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 412 | OL45576929M |
| 1917 | D. C. Heath y compañía | Hardcover | 463 | OL24239268M |
| 1914 | Chapman & Hall | Hardcover | 297 | OL26640234M |
| 1914 | J. M. Dent & Co. | Hardcover | 375 | OL46822144M |
| 1914 | J. M. Dent & Sons | Hardcover | 375 | OL46545267M |
| 1912 | Waverley Book Company | hardcover | 310 | OL47307981M |
| 1911 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Library Binding | 437 | OL35354188M |
| 1911 | American Book Company | – | 331 | OL6531112M |
| 1910 | Longmans, Green | – | 388 | OL16471376M |
| 1910 | Chapman & Hall, Ltd. | Hardcover | 375 | OL45474987M |
| 1910 | Collins' Clear Type Press | Hardcover | 456 | OL25432210M |
| 1910 | Longmans, Green and Co. | Hardcover | 427 | OL20596148M |
| 1907 | Chapman and Hall | Library Binding | 465 | OL40225218M |
| 1906 | Ginn & Company | Hardcover | 455 | OL23346113M |
| 1906 | Chapman & Hall | Hardcover | 297 | OL13772645M |
| 1906 | Ginn & company | Hardcover | 455 | OL6973999M |
| 1906 | Dent | – | 370 | OL7240612M |
| 1906 | Ginn and Company | Hardcover | 455 | OL25448365M |
| 1906 | The Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 412 | OL6968599M |
| 1906 | Scott, Forseman and Company | – | 516 | OL26638101M |
| 1906 | Macmillan | – | 554 | OL13542203M |
| 1906 | D. C. Heath & Co. Publishers | Hardcover | 380 | OL44904027M |
| 1905 | Houghton, Mifflin and company | – | 389 | OL6961718M |
| 1904 | Gresham Publishing Company | Hardcover | 430 | OL45457609M |
| 1901 | D.C. Heath & Co. | – | 380 | OL6909554M |
| 1900 | Merrill & Baker | Hardcover | 431 | OL44609512M |
| 1900 | H. M. Caldwell Company | – | 340 | OL6775149M |
| 1900 | F.M. Lupton | – | 460 | OL16022357M |
| 1899 | American book company | – | 304 | OL529783M |
| 1899 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Hardcover | 441 | OL39803843M |
| 1898 | G. P. Putnam's sons | – | 454 | OL244859M |
| 1898 | Chapman & Hall, ltd. | Library Binding | 441 | OL6941912M |
| 1898 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 441 | OL40666017M |
| 1894 | Houghton Mifflin company | – | 373 | OL23382407M |
| 1894 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | Hardcover | 373 | OL40223317M |
| 1894 | Houghton, Mifflin company | – | 373 | OL6581323M |
| 1890 | Estes & Lauriat | Hardcover | 526 | OL39817808M |
| 1881 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 407 | OL40225353M |
| 1874 | Thomas Nelson and Sons | Hardcover | 384 | OL46545040M |
| 1874 | Thomas Nelson and Sons | Hardcover | 384 | OL46834852M |
| 1874 | Thomas Nelson and Sons | Hardcover | 384 | OL45524159M |
| 1870 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 397 | OL14413770M |
| 1870 | Macmillan | Hardcover | 412 | OL42956683M |
| 1868 | Books, Inc | hardcover | 374 | OL47043611M |
| 1868 | Books, Inc. | Hardcover | 374 | OL42900985M |
| 1868 | Walter J. Black | Hardcover | 353 | OL46835109M |
| 1868 | Walter J. Black | Hardcover | 353 | OL43301087M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 374 | OL41717317M |
| 1868 | Chapman & Hall, Ld. | Hardcover | 441 | OL46835062M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 374 | OL46545758M |
| 1860 | Chapman and Hall | – | 254 | OL45058812M |
| 1859 | P. R. Gawthorne Ltd. | Hardcover | 314 | OL45451090M |
| 1859 | Chapman and Hall | – | 254 | OL45058808M |
| 1859 | David McKay Company | Hardcover | 362 | OL46834848M |
| 1859 | Feedbooks | Epub | 388 | OL18384102M |
| 1859 | Collins' Clear-Type Press | Hardcover | 456 | OL46545066M |
| 1859 | Collin's Clear-Type Press | Hardcover | 456 | OL25843112M |
| 1859 | Chapman & Hall | – | 254 | OL26638032M |
| 1859 | T.B. Peterson | – | 211 | OL45058790M |
| 1800 | Lovell | – | 821 | OL43800293M |
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Questions
- How many pages is A Tale of Two Cities?
- About 407 pages: that is the median of 480 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 205 to 821 pages.
- How long does it take to read A Tale of Two Cities?
- About 7 h 10 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 Tale of Two Cities?
- Roughly 112,000 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)).