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Book · by Hans Christian Andersen · first published 1986

How many pages is Fairy Tales and Stories?

Fairy Tales and Stories by Hans Christian Andersen has a median of 346 pages across 36 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 258 to 470 pages.

Median pages
346
36 editions counted
Range
188–575
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
95k
at 275 words per page

How long will Fairy Tales and Stories 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
6 h 06 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

2004001900195020001871: 503 pages1889: 233 pages1893: 426 pages1894: 512 pages1897: 301 pages1900: 416 pages1900: 512 pages1900: 524 pages1906: 332 pages1921: 214 pages1923: 214 pages1926: 317 pages1929: 215 pages1935: 470 pages1935: 470 pages1953: 346 pages1953: 270 pages1959: 470 pages1959: 346 pages1959: 252 pages1960: 416 pages1967: 470 pages1968: 346 pages1968: 346 pages1968: 246 pages1978: 470 pages1982: 483 pages1995: 188 pages1997: 192 pages2005: 277 pages2006: 220 pages2006: 344 pages2006: 356 pages2006: 260 pagesmedian 346
2004001900195020001871: 503 pages1889: 233 pages1893: 426 pages1894: 512 pages1897: 301 pages1900: 416 pages1900: 512 pages1900: 524 pages1906: 332 pages1921: 214 pages1923: 214 pages1926: 317 pages1929: 215 pages1935: 470 pages1935: 470 pages1953: 346 pages1953: 270 pages1959: 470 pages1959: 346 pages1959: 252 pages1960: 416 pages1967: 470 pages1968: 346 pages1968: 346 pages1968: 246 pages1978: 470 pages1982: 483 pages1995: 188 pages1997: 192 pages2005: 277 pages2006: 220 pages2006: 344 pages2006: 356 pages2006: 260 pagesmedian 346
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 36 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 11 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 145 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2006ReadHowYouWant.comPaperback220OL8501057M
2006ReadHowYouWant.comPaperback344OL8501229M
2006ReadHowYouWant.comPaperback356OL8501355M
2006ReadHowYouWant.comPaperback260OL8501232M
2005HarperFestival–277OL23601146M
1997Gollancz–192OL17940094M
1995Gollancz–188OL18115394M
1982Pantheon BooksHardcover483OL3506639M

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Questions

How many pages is Fairy Tales and Stories?
About 346 pages: that is the median of 36 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 188 to 575 pages.
How long does it take to read Fairy Tales and Stories?
About 6 h 06 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Fairy Tales and Stories?
Roughly 95,000 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)).