Book · by Thomas Hardy
How many pages is Far from the Madding Crowd?
Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy has a median of 452 pages across 111 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 386 to 475 pages.
Median pages
452
111 editions counted
Range
236–598
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
124k
at 275 words per page
How long will Far from the Madding Crowd take you?
Reading time
7 h 58 min
At 30 min a day
16 days
At 1 hour a day
8 days
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Pages by format
Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.
| Format | Median pages | Editions | Reading time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hardcover | 496 | 3 | 8 h 45 min |
| Paperback | 465 | 18 | 8 h 12 min |
| Mass market | 373 | 2 | 6 h 35 min |
Editions counted
The 111 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 250 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 512 | OL28064590M |
| 2019 | Pan Macmillan | – | 528 | OL28699634M |
| 2017 | Alma Classics | – | 384 | OL29341568M |
| 2015 | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | – | 416 | OL28530551M |
| 2013 | Howes Limited, W. F. | – | 598 | OL35505914M |
| 2012 | Transatlantic Press | – | 473 | OL33020217M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 486 | OL28477203M |
| 2009 | Townsend Press | – | 266 | OL31802358M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 496 | OL28455993M |
| 2007 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 368 | OL10344596M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 396 | OL12558119M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Paperback | 340 | OL12556811M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 236 | OL11820600M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 424 | OL11652833M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 340 | OL12557181M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 480 | OL9511584M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 484 | OL10370581M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 358 | OL11682870M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 478 | OL10416514M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 482 | OL10416645M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 514 | OL10416448M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 564 | OL7652798M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 452 | OL8964920M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 482 | OL10370373M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 484 | OL9725942M |
| 2006 | Gramercy | Hardcover | 496 | OL7681840M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 240 | OL11685205M |
| 2006 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Hardcover | 508 | OL11823376M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 484 | OL10416566M |
| 2005 | Wilco Pub. House | – | 452 | OL32992804M |
| 2003 | Wordsworth | – | 318 | OL26336607M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 433 | OL22757804M |
| 2002 | Signet Classic | – | 399 | OL3569192M |
| 2002 | Oxford University Press | – | 433 | OL3671166M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 468 | OL3951270M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | – | 433 | OL3962817M |
| 1998 | Doubleday | – | 470 | OL686124M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 362 | OL8978444M |
| 1996 | Cambridge University Press | – | 430 | OL22632905M |
| 1995 | Wordsworth | – | 400 | OL22812057M |
| 1995 | Pan | – | 368 | OL22838426M |
| 1994 | Penguin | – | 374 | OL22819207M |
| 1993 | Oxford University Press | – | 468 | OL1709464M |
| 1993 | Everyman | – | 377 | OL22166027M |
| 1993 | New Windmill Classics | – | 426 | OL32098407M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Edns. | – | 330 | OL22814940M |
| 1991 | Everyman | – | 480 | OL28428710M |
| 1991 | Longman | – | 476 | OL22787990M |
| 1989 | Penguin Books | – | 496 | OL7354720M |
| 1987 | Longman | – | 466 | OL22787786M |
| 1986 | Norton | – | 472 | OL2540520M |
| 1986 | Marshall Cavendish Partworks Ltd. | – | 475 | OL32098408M |
| 1985 | Macmillan | – | 368 | OL22839271M |
| 1985 | The Folio Society | – | 413 | OL22456446M |
| 1984 | Dent | – | 384 | OL22781168M |
| 1984 | Cathay | – | 255 | OL22833601M |
| 1983 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 384 | OL7820459M |
| 1983 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 362 | OL7820326M |
| 1982 | Bantam | – | 362 | OL22823839M |
| 1982 | Bantam | – | 362 | OL24963515M |
| 1981 | guild publishing london | – | 454 | OL58639047M |
| 1981 | Guild | – | 454 | OL47734334M |
| 1978 | Pan Books | – | 398 | OL22771326M |
| 1978 | Penguin Books | – | 493 | OL4475597M |
| 1977 | St. Martin's Press | – | 447 | OL26329425M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 528 | OL4935405M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 424 | OL5257069M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | – | 447 | OL5244344M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | – | 447 | OL22839272M |
| 1970 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 463 | OL4060787M |
| 1968 | Dodd, Mead | – | 383 | OL5608701M |
| 1967 | Macmillan | – | 463 | OL23756763M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | – | 362 | OL5548394M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | – | 362 | OL23250881M |
| 1965 | Macmillan | – | 445 | OL22602162M |
| 1965 | Macmillan | – | 475 | OL44908989M |
| 1964 | Harper & Row | – | 470 | OL5907232M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 463 | OL22396539M |
| 1960 | Fawcett | – | 368 | OL58310955M |
| 1959 | Rinehart | – | 388 | OL6270143M |
| 1958 | printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club [of New | – | 400 | OL22838938M |
| 1958 | Heritage Press | – | 399 | OL6252455M |
| 1958 | Macmillan | – | 445 | OL19827330M |
| 1958 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the | – | 400 | OL6007022M |
| 1957 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 356 | OL6227160M |
| 1957 | houghton mifflin company | – | 386 | OL58834029M |
| 1957 | Macmillan | – | 475 | OL22611473M |
| 1952 | Macmillan | – | 463 | OL22802842M |
| 1951 | Dutton | – | 475 | OL6090939M |
| 1951 | new york e.p dutton and company, inc | – | 518 | OL58834013M |
| 1937 | Oxford university press | – | 388 | OL6347905M |
| 1937 | Oxford University Press | – | 422 | OL58834026M |
| 1935 | Macmillan | – | 492 | OL22638058M |
| 1932 | Book League of America | – | 475 | OL22207816M |
| 1918 | Harper | – | 463 | OL21950208M |
| 1918 | Harper & brothers | – | 475 | OL6610114M |
| 1918 | – | – | 516 | OL58690875M |
| 1912 | Harper | – | 463 | OL13535233M |
| 1905 | Harper | – | 475 | OL24174360M |
| 1905 | Harper | – | 475 | OL22178162M |
| 1902 | Harper | – | 463 | OL24174355M |
| 1902 | Harper & Bros. | – | 475 | OL6889138M |
| 1902 | A.L. Burt co. | – | 368 | OL60556354M |
| 1895 | Harper & brothers | – | 475 | OL6585891M |
| 1890 | Hurst | – | 474 | OL22125492M |
| 1889 | S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington | – | 407 | OL22177018M |
| 1889 | S. Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington | – | 407 | OL24129083M |
| 1874 | H. Holt | – | 474 | OL22178151M |
| 1874 | penguin english library | – | 502 | OL58636775M |
| – | E. P. Dutton | – | 475 | OL23756762M |
| – | Tiger Books Int | – | 386 | OL22812922M |
More by Thomas Hardy
- 464 pagesTess of the D'Urbervilles
- 473 pagesThe Return of the Native
- 384 pagesThe Mayor of Casterbridge
- 484 pagesJude the Obscure
- 221 pagesUnder the Greenwood Tree
All 6 books by Thomas Hardy with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Far from the Madding Crowd?
- About 452 pages: that is the median of 111 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 236 to 598 pages.
- How long does it take to read Far from the Madding Crowd?
- About 7 h 58 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 16 days.
- How many words is Far from the Madding Crowd?
- Roughly 124,000 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)).