Book · by Edwin Abbott Abbott
How many pages is Flatland?
Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott has a median of 116 pages across 111 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 102 to 146 pages.
Median pages
116
111 editions counted
Range
61–252
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
32k
at 275 words per page
How long will Flatland take you?
Reading time
2 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
5 days
At 1 hour a day
3 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 | 160 | 5 | 2 h 49 min |
| Paperback | 122 | 28 | 2 h 09 min |
Editions counted
The 111 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 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 585 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 146 | OL34251121M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 131 | OL34345797M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 113 | OL34262114M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 123 | OL34286543M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 91 | OL34344378M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 67 | OL34258510M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 114 | OL34247250M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 131 | OL34356036M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 107 | OL30220418M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 109 | OL30338917M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 80 | OL30077947M |
| 2020 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 160 | OL29493682M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 131 | OL30330394M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 80 | OL30074587M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 134 | OL30204007M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 107 | OL30218943M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 109 | OL30326961M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 132 | OL29846481M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 61 | OL30025719M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 62 | OL56404752M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 178 | OL55048019M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 102 | OL54677261M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 76 | OL55819915M |
| 2015 | Princeton University Press | – | 104 | OL29266349M |
| 2015 | Princeton University Press | – | 101 | OL29295738M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 102 | OL53951388M |
| 2015 | Princeton University Press | – | 104 | OL29258122M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 92 | OL55548388M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 64 | OL54405886M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 110 | OL54397909M |
| 2013 | – | – | 156 | OL27148635M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 110 | OL54585558M |
| 2012 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 102 | OL54444175M |
| 2010 | Broadview Press | – | 252 | OL28441100M |
| 2009 | Books LLC | – | 94 | OL34431390M |
| 2009 | Wildside Press, LLC | – | 124 | OL34428753M |
| 2009 | Editorial Benei Noaj | – | 108 | OL34429351M |
| 2009 | Breakthrough Books | – | 196 | OL24418579M |
| 2009 | Editorial Benei Noaj | – | 100 | OL34428739M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 128 | OL34427893M |
| 2008 | Basic Books | – | 239 | OL23189553M |
| 2008 | Princeton University Press | Hardcover | 176 | OL11183068M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 128 | OL34418071M |
| 2007 | FQ Classics | Paperback | 148 | OL12502574M |
| 2007 | Echo Library | Paperback | 80 | OL11682562M |
| 2007 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 96 | OL7636705M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 120 | OL11974865M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 156 | OL12558003M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 124 | OL11974884M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 160 | OL12436357M |
| 2007 | Cosimo Classics | Paperback | 108 | OL12553985M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 160 | OL8877912M |
| 2006 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 100 | OL8408003M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 80 | OL8422390M |
| 2006 | Oxford University Press, USA | Paperback | 160 | OL7383410M |
| 2005 | Princeton University Press | Paperback | 136 | OL7759066M |
| 2005 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 96 | OL11820570M |
| 2005 | Prometheus Books | Paperback | 96 | OL8851095M |
| 2005 | Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library | Paperback | 161 | OL9428211M |
| 2005 | Prometheus Books | – | 130 | OL3394243M |
| 2005 | Signet Classics | – | 160 | OL7577356M |
| 2005 | Signet Classics | – | 147 | OL3311997M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 61 | OL8470804M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 105 | OL11647332M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 132 | OL11647333M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 128 | OL9869564M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 124 | OL11644246M |
| 2002 | Perseus Pub. | – | 239 | OL15513318M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 124 | OL9602039M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 128 | OL11644247M |
| 2001 | Perseus Publishing | Hardcover | 160 | OL7899503M |
| 2000 | Dry Bones Press | Paperback | 136 | OL8700347M |
| 1999 | G. K. Hall & Company | Hardcover | 192 | OL8097271M |
| 1999 | Shambhala | – | 238 | OL352188M |
| 1999 | G.K. Hall | – | 192 | OL32774M |
| 1998 | Penguin | – | 118 | OL22154970M |
| 1998 | Buy Books on the web.com | Paperback | 104 | OL12216064M |
| 1998 | Penguin Classics | – | 144 | OL7354883M |
| 1995 | Oneworld Publications | Paperback | 160 | OL8971417M |
| 1994 | Oneworld | – | 147 | OL22329685M |
| 1992 | Dover Publications | – | 83 | OL1716091M |
| 1991 | Princeton University Press | Trade Paperback | 103 | OL1869591M |
| 1987 | Penguin (Non-Classics) | – | 96 | OL7347124M |
| 1986 | Penguin | – | 91 | OL22415738M |
| 1984 | New American Library | – | 160 | OL24503949M |
| 1984 | Signet Books | – | 160 | OL24515815M |
| 1984 | Signet Classics | – | 160 | OL7577036M |
| 1983 | Barnes & Noble | – | 120 | OL3507425M |
| 1980 | Arion Press | – | 116 | OL3138246M |
| 1975 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 103 | OL7634745M |
| 1974 | Basil Blackwell | Paperback | 102 | OL11014864M |
| 1969 | Barnes & Noble | – | 108 | OL13538786M |
| 1964 | Signet Classics | Paperback | 160 | OL7576741M |
| 1964 | Barnes & Noble | – | 102 | OL57638976M |
| 1963 | Barnes & Noble | – | 108 | OL7292876M |
| 1963 | Barnes & Noble | – | 108 | OL5881391M |
| 1963 | Barnes & Noble | Unknown Binding | 108 | OL9247728M |
| 1953 | Dover Publications | – | 103 | OL6150233M |
| 1953 | Dover | – | 103 | OL21093953M |
| 1952 | Dover Publications | – | 103 | OL21917517M |
| 1952 | dover publications, inc. new york | – | 146 | OL58837488M |
| 1952 | dover publications, inc. new york | – | 130 | OL58837490M |
| 1952 | Dover | – | 103 | OL22587917M |
| 1950 | B. Blackwell | – | 102 | OL13538784M |
| 1944 | Blackwell | – | 102 | OL44172043M |
| 1899 | Little, Brown and company | – | 135 | OL61667304M |
| 1891 | Roberts Brothers | – | 155 | OL50486565M |
| 1884 | Seeley and Co. | – | 100 | OL7078753M |
| 1884 | Seely & co. | – | 140 | OL58837491M |
| 1884 | Seeley | – | 100 | OL58475932M |
| 1884 | Bibliolis | – | 147 | OL25538028M |
Questions
- How many pages is Flatland?
- About 116 pages: that is the median of 111 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 61 to 252 pages.
- How long does it take to read Flatland?
- About 2 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 5 days.
- How many words is Flatland?
- Roughly 32,000 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)).