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How many pages is Down and Out in Paris and London?

Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell has a median of 213 pages across 39 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 192 to 232 pages.

Median pages
213
39 editions counted
Range
155–308
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
59k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
3 h 45 min
At 30 min a day
8 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.

150200250300194019601980200020201933: 194 pages1933: 288 pages1933: 162 pages1933: 292 pages1940: 189 pages1940: 184 pages1940: 194 pages1949: 213 pages1950: 213 pages1953: 213 pages1954: 233 pages1954: 213 pages1960: 213 pages1960: 213 pages1961: 213 pages1961: 213 pages1961: 213 pages1966: 188 pages1966: 188 pages1967: 155 pages1969: 188 pages1972: 228 pages1972: 228 pages1974: 188 pages1986: 229 pages1986: 272 pages1986: 229 pages1989: 216 pages1998: 216 pages1998: 272 pages2009: 230 pages2013: 224 pages2017: 304 pages2018: 178 pages2018: 272 pages2018: 178 pages2018: 308 pages2020: 272 pages2025: 240 pagesmedian 213
150200250300195020001933: 194 pages1933: 288 pages1933: 162 pages1933: 292 pages1940: 189 pages1940: 184 pages1940: 194 pages1949: 213 pages1950: 213 pages1953: 213 pages1954: 233 pages1954: 213 pages1960: 213 pages1960: 213 pages1961: 213 pages1961: 213 pages1961: 213 pages1966: 188 pages1966: 188 pages1967: 155 pages1969: 188 pages1972: 228 pages1972: 228 pages1974: 188 pages1986: 229 pages1986: 272 pages1986: 229 pages1989: 216 pages1998: 216 pages1998: 272 pages2009: 230 pages2013: 224 pages2017: 304 pages2018: 178 pages2018: 272 pages2018: 178 pages2018: 308 pages2020: 272 pages2025: 240 pagesmedian 213
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 39 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 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 119 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Penguin Random House–240OL57547619M
2020Penguin Random House–272OL29479382M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–178OL56246170M
2018Penguin Random House–272OL28696695M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–178OL55837754M
2018CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform–308OL55836161M
2017Text Publishing Company–304OL30587835M
2013Penguin Books, Limited–224OL28498467M

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Questions

How many pages is Down and Out in Paris and London?
About 213 pages: that is the median of 39 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 155 to 308 pages.
How long does it take to read Down and Out in Paris and London?
About 3 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Down and Out in Paris and London?
Roughly 59,000 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)).