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Book · by Anaïs Nin · first published 1977

How many pages is Delta of Venus?

Delta of Venus by Anaïs Nin has a median of 268 pages across 24 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 235 to 290 pages.

Median pages
268
24 editions counted
Range
224–402
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.7h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
74k
at 275 words per page

How long will Delta of Venus 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
4 h 43 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

20030040019701980199020001969: 260 pages1969: 278 pages1977: 235 pages1977: 235 pages1977: 250 pages1977: 235 pages1978: 250 pages1978: 268 pages1978: 269 pages1978: 302 pages1981: 268 pages1990: 302 pages1990: 224 pages1991: 302 pages1992: 224 pages1993: 402 pages1993: 402 pages1995: 225 pages1998: 276 pages1999: 240 pages2000: 225 pages2004: 320 pages2004: 286 pages2006: 271 pagesmedian 268
200300400198020001969: 260 pages1969: 278 pages1977: 235 pages1977: 235 pages1977: 250 pages1977: 235 pages1978: 250 pages1978: 268 pages1978: 269 pages1978: 302 pages1981: 268 pages1990: 302 pages1990: 224 pages1991: 302 pages1992: 224 pages1993: 402 pages1993: 402 pages1995: 225 pages1998: 276 pages1999: 240 pages2000: 225 pages2004: 320 pages2004: 286 pages2006: 271 pagesmedian 268
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 24 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 60 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006Black Dog & Leventhal PublishersHardcover271OL8756654M
2004Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company–320OL33982738M
2004Harcourt–286OL3685497M
2000Penguin Books–225OL22641149M
1999Penguin Books, Limited–240OL34408709M
1998––276OL58734028M
1995Penguin–225OL20138276M
1993Quality Paperback Book Club–402OL15254666M

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Questions

How many pages is Delta of Venus?
About 268 pages: that is the median of 24 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 224 to 402 pages.
How long does it take to read Delta of Venus?
About 4 h 43 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Delta of Venus?
Roughly 74,000 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)).