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How many pages is Burmese Days?

Burmese Days by George Orwell has a median of 287 pages across 39 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 272 to 315 pages.

Median pages
287
39 editions counted
Range
252–460
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page

How long will Burmese Days 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
5 h 04 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

300400194019601980200020201934: 371 pages1934: 290 pages1934: 288 pages1935: 318 pages1949: 287 pages1950: 287 pages1951: 287 pages1955: 287 pages1958: 252 pages1961: 287 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 287 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 294 pages1962: 263 pages1963: 254 pages1963: 254 pages1967: 287 pages1967: 287 pages1967: 272 pages1968: 287 pages1974: 288 pages1974: 287 pages1974: 287 pages1984: 272 pages1986: 321 pages1989: 300 pages2001: 320 pages2004: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2017: 460 pages2017: 460 pages2017: 312 pages2018: 336 pages2020: 294 pages2021: 352 pagesmedian 287
300400195020001934: 371 pages1934: 290 pages1934: 288 pages1935: 318 pages1949: 287 pages1950: 287 pages1951: 287 pages1955: 287 pages1958: 252 pages1961: 287 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 287 pages1962: 263 pages1962: 294 pages1962: 263 pages1963: 254 pages1963: 254 pages1967: 287 pages1967: 287 pages1967: 272 pages1968: 287 pages1974: 288 pages1974: 287 pages1974: 287 pages1984: 272 pages1986: 321 pages1989: 300 pages2001: 320 pages2004: 376 pages2005: 376 pages2017: 460 pages2017: 460 pages2017: 312 pages2018: 336 pages2020: 294 pages2021: 352 pagesmedian 287
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 39 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 125 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Pan Macmillan–352OL29545231M
2020Liese. Outside The Box, Andreas–294OL49820087M
2018Penguin Random House–336OL28696423M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–460OL54924634M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–460OL56619573M
2017CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–312OL55813365M
20051st World LibraryHardcover376OL8491445M
20041st World LibraryPaperback376OL8881856M

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Questions

How many pages is Burmese Days?
About 287 pages: that is the median of 39 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 252 to 460 pages.
How long does it take to read Burmese Days?
About 5 h 04 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Burmese Days?
Roughly 79,000 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)).