Book · by Charles Dickens · first published 2000
How many pages is David Copperfield?
David Copperfield by Charles Dickens has a median of 837 pages across 168 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 734 to 892 pages.
Median pages
837
168 editions counted
Range
388–1,264
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
15h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
230k
at 275 words per page
How long will David Copperfield take you?
Reading time
14 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
30 days
At 1 hour a day
15 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 | 838 | 10 | 14 h 47 min |
| Paperback | 542 | 9 | 9 h 33 min |
Editions counted
The 168 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 52 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 846 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 684 | OL34249710M |
| 2020 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 736 | OL28062014M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 628 | OL30074010M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 732 | OL30296049M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 589 | OL30068297M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 628 | OL30050724M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 836 | OL34192570M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 502 | OL30302768M |
| 2019 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 1,216 | OL28926769M |
| 2019 | Alma Classics | – | 800 | OL28893963M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 825 | OL40740387M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 924 | OL34054217M |
| 2016 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 1,024 | OL28828128M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | Hardcover | 1,264 | OL28597744M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,094 | OL29781603M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,094 | OL29707701M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,094 | OL29779265M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,096 | OL29294881M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 1,094 | OL29781248M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 954 | OL34059512M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 954 | OL34075058M |
| 2013 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 840 | OL29680828M |
| 2013 | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | – | 704 | OL28529468M |
| 2012 | General Books LLC | – | 596 | OL28460554M |
| 2012 | Vintage Books | – | 866 | OL25297051M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 996 | OL28480168M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 550 | OL28462254M |
| 2010 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 768 | OL29547007M |
| 2009 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 716 | OL28475389M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 960 | OL28453427M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 901 | OL22561144M |
| 2008 | Overlook Press, The | – | 912 | OL28740079M |
| 2007 | Phoenix Press | Paperback | 432 | OL10823802M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 756 | OL12557709M |
| 2007 | Charles Dickens | – | 952 | OL40214349M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 388 | OL12557177M |
| 2007 | Bloomsbury UK | Paperback | 928 | OL10756578M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Paperback | 388 | OL12556806M |
| 2006 | Knopf Publishing Group | – | 891 | OL32091748M |
| 2006 | Signet Classics | – | 880 | OL7577366M |
| 2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 984 | OL28431972M |
| 2005 | Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library | Paperback | 508 | OL8510911M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble | – | 871 | OL32361513M |
| 2005 | Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library | Paperback | 542 | OL8511088M |
| 2004 | Penguin Books | – | 1,024 | OL44903375M |
| 2004 | Dover Publications | – | 719 | OL3307274M |
| 2004 | Toby Press LLC, The | – | 700 | OL28736190M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | – | 742 | OL3697748M |
| 2001 | Broadview Press | – | 437 | OL3964228M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | – | 912 | OL7352692M |
| 2000 | Modern Library | – | 861 | OL23277571M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 991 | OL6901378M |
| 1999 | Tyndale House Publishers | – | 807 | OL38180M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 944 | OL7384152M |
| 1998 | Modern Library | Hardcover | 821 | OL7699655M |
| 1998 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 1,024 | OL9519517M |
| 1998 | Softback Preview | – | 1,057 | OL22384643M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 768 | OL8978405M |
| 1997 | Book-of-the-Month Club | – | 1,057 | OL16945001M |
| 1997 | Oxford University Press | – | 901 | OL407088M |
| 1996 | Penguin Books | – | 879 | OL313836M |
| 1996 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 760 | OL45280335M |
| 1994 | Everyman Paperback Classics | – | 858 | OL7592561M |
| 1991 | Knopf | – | 891 | OL1567470M |
| 1991 | Signet Classic | – | 879 | OL22594007M |
| 1991 | Everyman's Library | – | 877 | OL888922M |
| 1990 | Norton | – | 854 | OL2060234M |
| 1987 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 984 | OL7382197M |
| 1986 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 751 | OL2555874M |
| 1983 | Oxford University Press | – | 747 | OL3494583M |
| 1983 | The Folio Society | – | 803 | OL17905720M |
| 1981 | Bantam Classics | Paperback | 960 | OL7820369M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | – | 817 | OL26336750M |
| 1981 | Clarendon Press | Hardcover | 781 | OL4424805M |
| 1980 | The Franklin Library | Hardcover | 803 | OL25228684M |
| 1980 | Franklin Library | – | 803 | OL40237551M |
| 1979 | Easton Press | – | 821 | OL18203334M |
| 1978 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL15113545M |
| 1978 | Heron Books | – | 584 | OL20280733M |
| 1978 | Heron Books | – | 523 | OL22469238M |
| 1976 | Franklin Library | – | 816 | OL4604165M |
| 1975 | Dent | – | 837 | OL23766072M |
| 1975 | Dent | – | 837 | OL22396085M |
| 1975 | Dent | – | 837 | OL24204735M |
| 1974 | Dell Publishing Co, Inc. | – | 416 | OL45617289M |
| 1971 | Penguin Books | – | 956 | OL40714724M |
| 1970 | N. Doubleday | – | 826 | OL18352780M |
| 1967 | Pan | – | 873 | OL5589879M |
| 1966 | Penguin Books | – | 956 | OL5976834M |
| 1966 | Penguin | – | 957 | OL6014661M |
| 1966 | Penguin Classics | – | 960 | OL7354661M |
| 1966 | Oxford Univ. Press | – | 877 | OL13535638M |
| 1965 | Airmont Book | – | 734 | OL43445191M |
| 1965 | Dent | – | 781 | OL13644947M |
| 1964 | Macmillan | – | 819 | OL16072960M |
| 1962 | Signet Classics | – | 880 | OL7577037M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 850 | OL5856603M |
| 1962 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL22396066M |
| 1962 | New American Library | – | 880 | OL24216522M |
| 1962 | Dell | – | 416 | OL32757606M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 819 | OL26888600M |
| 1962 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL43759146M |
| 1960 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL22109620M |
| 1958 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 678 | OL6252322M |
| 1958 | Houghton-Mifflin | – | 678 | OL23766071M |
| 1958 | Dell | – | 416 | OL17121418M |
| 1958 | HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY | – | 706 | OL50991524M |
| 1952 | Collins | – | 798 | OL22203999M |
| 1952 | Macdonald | – | 938 | OL50555414M |
| 1952 | Collins | – | 798 | OL22476769M |
| 1952 | Macdonald | – | 886 | OL6133940M |
| 1952 | Collins | – | 789 | OL22399661M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 923 | OL27791627M |
| 1950 | Dent | – | 837 | OL20427978M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 923 | OL14426298M |
| 1948 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL18617522M |
| 1948 | Literary Guild of America | – | 423 | OL32091750M |
| 1948 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL18891927M |
| 1948 | Oxford University Press | – | 877 | OL50343490M |
| 1948 | J. C. Winston Co. | – | 423 | OL6029240M |
| 1947 | Oxford Univ. Press | – | 877 | OL6032029M |
| 1943 | Dodd, Mead & company | – | 850 | OL6456968M |
| 1943 | Dodd, Mead & co. | – | 850 | OL42904293M |
| 1943 | Dodd, Mead and Company | – | 850 | OL45531160M |
| 1937 | The Heritage Press | Hardcover in Slipcase | 821 | OL13859025M |
| 1937 | Nonesuch Press | – | 871 | OL22230355M |
| 1937 | Heritage Press | – | 821 | OL16791550M |
| 1936 | Books, Inc. | Hardcover | 856 | OL25128758M |
| 1935 | Heritage Press | – | 821 | OL6331818M |
| 1935 | Dodd, Mead | – | 850 | OL6328156M |
| 1934 | The Modern Library | – | 923 | OL6309887M |
| 1934 | Harcourt, Brace and company | – | 490 | OL6301622M |
| 1931 | J.M. Dent & Co. | – | 823 | OL21462476M |
| 1930 | Harrap | – | 849 | OL19605437M |
| 1925 | The Macmillan company | – | 506 | OL6682258M |
| 1921 | Dodd, Mead and Company | – | 898 | OL45514906M |
| 1919 | C. Chivers, ltd. | – | 823 | OL14001981M |
| 1911 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 572 | OL22889480M |
| 1911 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 572 | OL22889481M |
| 1910 | Collins' Clear Type Press | Hardcover | 876 | OL25432212M |
| 1910 | A.L. Burt Co. | – | 882 | OL6742367M |
| 1910 | Collins Clear-Type Press | – | 896 | OL53648765M |
| 1907 | J.M. Dent & Sons | – | 823 | OL22601978M |
| 1907 | Dent | – | 837 | OL22339605M |
| 1904 | Macmillan and Co. Limited | – | 819 | OL40294334M |
| 1904 | Thomas Nelson & Sons Ltd | – | 491 | OL42980372M |
| 1900 | A.L. Burt Company, Publishers | Hardcover | 882 | OL18955043M |
| 1900 | Thomas Nelson & Sons | – | 920 | OL22602549M |
| 1900 | Collins Clear-Type Press | – | 896 | OL22602486M |
| 1900 | The Modern Library of Random House | Hardcover | 923 | OL25447629M |
| 1900 | Copp Clark | – | 876 | OL53693651M |
| 1892 | Macmillan and co., limited | – | 819 | OL14435573M |
| 1890 | John W. Lovell Co. | – | 854 | OL18839126M |
| 1875 | Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly | – | 517 | OL53729107M |
| 1874 | Thomas Nelson | – | 934 | OL13805700M |
| 1867 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 494 | OL25522512M |
| 1867 | Porter & Coates | – | 533 | OL53724036M |
| 1850 | Bradbury & Evans | – | 624 | OL6613964M |
| 1850 | Bradbury & Evans | – | 624 | OL24349255M |
| 1850 | Chapman & Hall | – | 695 | OL7240688M |
| 1800 | Chapman and Hall | – | 420 | OL53707189M |
| – | Project Gutenberg | – | 521 | OL27029611M |
| – | Nelson Doubleday, Inc. | – | 826 | OL18433597M |
| – | Nelson Doubleday | – | 826 | OL22088854M |
| – | Clear-Type Press | – | 876 | OL26573248M |
| – | F. M. Lupton Publishing Company | – | 868 | OL40445851M |
| – | Omega, S.A., Ediciones | – | 772 | OL28941693M |
| – | Toby Press | Paperback | 500 | OL8868105M |
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Questions
- How many pages is David Copperfield?
- About 837 pages: that is the median of 168 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 388 to 1,264 pages.
- How long does it take to read David Copperfield?
- About 14 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 30 days.
- How many words is David Copperfield?
- Roughly 230,000 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)).