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Book · by Fiódor Dostoievski · first published 1961

How many pages is Dostoyevsky?

Dostoyevsky by Fiódor Dostoievski has a median of 240 pages across 6 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 239 to 240 pages.

Median pages
240
6 editions counted
Range
237–242
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
66k
at 275 words per page

How long will Dostoyevsky 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 13 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.

23023524024519701980199020001961: 240 pages1961: 240 pages1964: 242 pages1980: 239 pages1980: 239 pages2004: 237 pagesmedian 239
230235240245198020001961: 240 pages1961: 240 pages1964: 242 pages1980: 239 pages1980: 239 pages2004: 237 pagesmedian 239
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 6 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 10 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2004Signet Classics–237OL3307163M
1980Signet Press–239OL24370555M
1980Signet Classic–239OL18338278M
1964The New American Library–242OL58814919M
1961New American LibraryPaperback240OL23371876M
1961New American Library–240OL13654227M

More by Fiódor Dostoievski

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Questions

How many pages is Dostoyevsky?
About 240 pages: that is the median of 6 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 237 to 242 pages.
How long does it take to read Dostoyevsky?
About 4 h 13 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
How many words is Dostoyevsky?
Roughly 66,000 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)).