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How many pages is A Very Easy Death?

A Very Easy Death by Simone de Beauvoir has a median of 106 pages across 7 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; most editions have exactly 106 pages.

Median pages
106
7 editions counted
Range
91–123
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
1.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
29k
at 275 words per page

How long will A Very Easy 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
1 h 52 min
At 30 min a day
4 days
At 1 hour a day
2 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

10012019701975198019851966: 106 pages1966: 106 pages1966: 106 pages1966: 106 pages1969: 91 pages1973: 123 pages1985: 106 pagesmedian 106
100120197019801966: 106 pages1966: 106 pages1966: 106 pages1966: 106 pages1969: 91 pages1973: 123 pages1985: 106 pagesmedian 106
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 7 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 36 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1985Pantheon–106OL2856380M
1973Warner Books–123OL15117321M
1969Penguin Books–91OL18680859M
1966Deutsch–106OL6016481M
1966Putnam–106OL14644653M
1966Putnam–106OL5985749M
1966Deutsch–106OL18458669M

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Questions

How many pages is A Very Easy Death?
About 106 pages: that is the median of 7 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 91 to 123 pages.
How long does it take to read A Very Easy Death?
About 1 h 52 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 4 days.
How many words is A Very Easy Death?
Roughly 29,000 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)).