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How many pages is Absalom, Absalom!?

Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner has a median of 378 pages across 23 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 378 to 384 pages.

Median pages
378
23 editions counted
Range
198–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
104k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
6 h 40 min
At 30 min a day
14 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200300400500194019601980200020201936: 474 pages1936: 384 pages1936: 378 pages1936: 384 pages1951: 378 pages1951: 378 pages1960: 384 pages1964: 378 pages1964: 378 pages1966: 378 pages1971: 319 pages1972: 378 pages1978: 367 pages1985: 384 pages1986: 313 pages1987: 487 pages1987: 485 pages1990: 313 pages1993: 405 pages1997: 496 pages2002: 384 pages2013: 384 pages2020: 198 pagesmedian 378
200300400500195020001936: 474 pages1936: 384 pages1936: 378 pages1936: 384 pages1951: 378 pages1951: 378 pages1960: 384 pages1964: 378 pages1964: 378 pages1966: 378 pages1971: 319 pages1972: 378 pages1978: 367 pages1985: 384 pages1986: 313 pages1987: 487 pages1987: 485 pages1990: 313 pages1993: 405 pages1997: 496 pages2002: 384 pages2013: 384 pages2020: 198 pagesmedian 378
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 23 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 58 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2020Independently Published–198OL29943137M
2013Penguin Random House–384OL33473572M
2002Random House–384OL3559545M
1997G.K. Hall–496OL664319M
1993Modern Library–405OL1406247M
1990Vintage International–313OL32052135M
1987Garland Pub.–487OL2732835M
1987Vintage Books–485OL2739442M

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Questions

How many pages is Absalom, Absalom!?
About 378 pages: that is the median of 23 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 198 to 496 pages.
How long does it take to read Absalom, Absalom!?
About 6 h 40 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Absalom, Absalom!?
Roughly 104,000 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)).