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Book · by Willa Cather · first published 1926

How many pages is Death Comes for the Archbishop?

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather has a median of 299 pages across 74 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 285 to 320 pages.

Median pages
299
74 editions counted
Range
140–614
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.3h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
82k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
5 h 16 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.

200400600194019601980200020201927: 299 pages1927: 303 pages1927: 318 pages1927: 276 pages1927: 303 pages1927: 303 pages1928: 203 pages1929: 268 pages1929: 343 pages1929: 343 pages1931: 303 pages1935: 314 pages1936: 299 pages1936: 343 pages1937: 343 pages1938: 347 pages1938: 347 pages1942: 324 pages1944: 281 pages1945: 299 pages1951: 299 pages1951: 299 pages1951: 299 pages1951: 318 pages1955: 299 pages1955: 299 pages1955: 322 pages1955: 299 pages1957: 318 pages1957: 299 pages1959: 299 pages1959: 299 pages1959: 299 pages1961: 299 pages1961: 320 pages1962: 299 pages1964: 299 pages1964: 299 pages1965: 299 pages1967: 318 pages1968: 299 pages1971: 297 pages1971: 322 pages1981: 299 pages1984: 374 pages1984: 324 pages1990: 297 pages1992: 297 pages1993: 345 pages1995: 318 pages1995: 318 pages1995: 303 pages1999: 614 pages2001: 312 pages2001: 320 pages2002: 194 pages2003: 416 pages2004: 276 pages2006: 320 pages2017: 328 pages2017: 226 pages2018: 204 pages2018: 208 pages2018: 224 pages2018: 140 pages2019: 256 pages2020: 153 pages2020: 153 pages2020: 156 pages2020: 380 pages2021: 250 pages2021: 250 pages2021: 250 pages2023: 146 pagesmedian 299
200400600195020001927: 299 pages1927: 303 pages1927: 318 pages1927: 276 pages1927: 303 pages1927: 303 pages1928: 203 pages1929: 268 pages1929: 343 pages1929: 343 pages1931: 303 pages1935: 314 pages1936: 299 pages1936: 343 pages1937: 343 pages1938: 347 pages1938: 347 pages1942: 324 pages1944: 281 pages1945: 299 pages1951: 299 pages1951: 299 pages1951: 299 pages1951: 318 pages1955: 299 pages1955: 299 pages1955: 322 pages1955: 299 pages1957: 318 pages1957: 299 pages1959: 299 pages1959: 299 pages1959: 299 pages1961: 299 pages1961: 320 pages1962: 299 pages1964: 299 pages1964: 299 pages1965: 299 pages1967: 318 pages1968: 299 pages1971: 297 pages1971: 322 pages1981: 299 pages1984: 374 pages1984: 324 pages1990: 297 pages1992: 297 pages1993: 345 pages1995: 318 pages1995: 318 pages1995: 303 pages1999: 614 pages2001: 312 pages2001: 320 pages2002: 194 pages2003: 416 pages2004: 276 pages2006: 320 pages2017: 328 pages2017: 226 pages2018: 204 pages2018: 208 pages2018: 224 pages2018: 140 pages2019: 256 pages2020: 153 pages2020: 153 pages2020: 156 pages2020: 380 pages2021: 250 pages2021: 250 pages2021: 250 pages2023: 146 pagesmedian 299
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 74 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 342 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2023Start Publishing LLC–146OL57571241M
2021Independently Published–250OL34354301M
2021Independently Published–250OL34288288M
2021Independently Published–250OL34288930M
2020Independently Published–153OL30215675M
2020Independently Published–153OL30236814M
2020Independently Published–156OL29910163M
2020Independently Published–380OL30018150M

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Questions

How many pages is Death Comes for the Archbishop?
About 299 pages: that is the median of 74 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 140 to 614 pages.
How long does it take to read Death Comes for the Archbishop?
About 5 h 16 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
How many words is Death Comes for the Archbishop?
Roughly 82,000 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)).