Love Books Daily

Book · by Roald Dahl

How many pages is Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?

Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl has a median of 175 pages across 25 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 160 to 192 pages.

Median pages
175
25 editions counted
Range
136–240
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
48k
at 275 words per page

How long will Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator 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
3 h 05 min
At 30 min a day
7 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

15020025019801990200020101972: 161 pages1973: 152 pages1975: 136 pages1977: 161 pages1979: 164 pages1985: 158 pages1986: 160 pages1986: 158 pages1987: 240 pages1987: 175 pages1988: 176 pages1988: 161 pages1991: 160 pages1995: 192 pages1997: 176 pages1998: 159 pages2001: 176 pages2005: 159 pages2007: 176 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 240 pages2010: 208 pages2013: 208 pages2016: 208 pages2016: 192 pagesmedian 175
150200250198020001972: 161 pages1973: 152 pages1975: 136 pages1977: 161 pages1979: 164 pages1985: 158 pages1986: 160 pages1986: 158 pages1987: 240 pages1987: 175 pages1988: 176 pages1988: 161 pages1991: 160 pages1995: 192 pages1997: 176 pages1998: 159 pages2001: 176 pages2005: 159 pages2007: 176 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 240 pages2010: 208 pages2013: 208 pages2016: 208 pages2016: 192 pagesmedian 175
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 25 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 126 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016Penguin Books, Limited–208OL28592333M
2016Penguin Books, Limited–192OL28610748M
2013Penguin Books–208OL28497346M
2010Penguin Books, Limited–208OL28459118M
2007PuffinPaperback176OL9710224M
2007Puffin Books–208OL26869932M
2007GalaxyPaperback240OL30152333M
2005PuffinPaperback159OL7360751M

More by Roald Dahl

All 21 books by Roald Dahl with page counts

Questions

How many pages is Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?
About 175 pages: that is the median of 25 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 136 to 240 pages.
How long does it take to read Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?
About 3 h 05 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 7 days.
How many words is Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator?
Roughly 48,000 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)).