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Book · by Raymond Chandler · first published 1940

How many pages is Farewell, My Lovely?

Farewell, My Lovely by Raymond Chandler has a median of 275 pages across 11 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 240 to 306 pages.

Median pages
275
11 editions counted
Range
175–396
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
76k
at 275 words per page

How long will Farewell, My Lovely 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 51 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.

20030040019401960198020001940: 275 pages1945: 275 pages1968: 232 pages1975: 249 pages1976: 249 pages1986: 232 pages1988: 175 pages1992: 292 pages1994: 396 pages2009: 324 pages2010: 320 pagesmedian 275
2003004001950197520001940: 275 pages1945: 275 pages1968: 232 pages1975: 249 pages1976: 249 pages1986: 232 pages1988: 175 pages1992: 292 pages1994: 396 pages2009: 324 pages2010: 320 pagesmedian 275
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 11 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 58 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2010Penguin Books, Limited–320OL29047366M
2009Penguin Books, Limited–324OL28445982M
1994Thorndike Press–396OL1434538M
1992Vintage Books–292OL1566843M
1988Vintage Books–175OL2407111M
1986––232OL13919054M
1976Vintage Books–249OL4881900M
1975Ballantine Books–249OL13537034M

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Questions

How many pages is Farewell, My Lovely?
About 275 pages: that is the median of 11 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 175 to 396 pages.
How long does it take to read Farewell, My Lovely?
About 4 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Farewell, My Lovely?
Roughly 76,000 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)).