Book · by Mary Shelley · first published 2006
How many pages is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?
Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley has a median of 247 pages across 360 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 214 to 284 pages.
Median pages
247
360 editions counted
Range
110–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.4h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
68k
at 275 words per page
How long will Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus take you?
Reading time
4 h 21 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.
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 | 240 | 25 | 4 h 14 min |
| Paperback | 271 | 79 | 4 h 47 min |
| Mass market | 272 | 8 | 4 h 48 min |
Editions counted
The 360 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 73 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 2,187 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL29908813M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 250 | OL30079474M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 204 | OL29881546M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30008081M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 185 | OL30231477M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30025377M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 262 | OL30324995M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30053524M |
| 2020 | Independently published | Paperback | 237 | OL34962897M |
| 2020 | Mary Publishing Company | Paperback | 202 | OL33881856M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 357 | OL30204287M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL29897432M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30025574M |
| 2020 | Penguin Young Readers Group | – | 288 | OL29850947M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 262 | OL30328575M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 284 | OL30276723M |
| 2020 | Independently published | Paperback | 284 | OL34256885M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30005387M |
| 2020 | Gildan Media Corporation | – | 312 | OL29919468M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 197 | OL30251894M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 262 | OL30331745M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 242 | OL30027365M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 128 | OL29927313M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 190 | OL34186232M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30352774M |
| 2020 | Toronto Public Domain Publishing | Paperback | 202 | OL32901428M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30064877M |
| 2020 | Gallery Books | – | 288 | OL29842981M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL29921610M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 137 | OL30240397M |
| 2020 | Royal Classics | Hardcover | 172 | OL32029502M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 341 | OL29993916M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL29955774M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30017859M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 253 | OL29984391M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 262 | OL30076615M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 124 | OL29876745M |
| 2020 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 320 | OL29483712M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 243 | OL30040816M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 262 | OL30321026M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 138 | OL30193552M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 278 | OL29843325M |
| 2019 | Inkflight | Hardcover | 172 | OL32029506M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | Paperback | 249 | OL32617389M |
| 2019 | Michael Joseph | Hardcover | 314 | OL32029508M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 262 | OL29874469M |
| 2019 | Independently published | Paperback | 141 | OL32938512M |
| 2019 | Independently published | Paperback | 141 | OL32826360M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 211 | OL41445755M |
| 2019 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 304 | OL28924855M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 118 | OL34085343M |
| 2019 | Penguin Random House | – | 256 | OL28900547M |
| 2019 | Royal Classics | Hardcover | 172 | OL32029504M |
| 2019 | Chiltern Publishing | Hardcover | 240 | OL32029505M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 224 | OL29867414M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 112 | OL30003646M |
| 2018 | MiraVista Press | – | 160 | OL29802526M |
| 2018 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 352 | OL28694945M |
| 2018 | Clydesdale Press, LLC | – | 240 | OL34069477M |
| 2018 | Arcturus Publishing | – | 208 | OL28898417M |
| 2018 | Legend Press | – | 240 | OL29364579M |
| 2018 | MMW Books, LLC | – | 256 | OL28906824M |
| 2018 | Legend Press | – | 240 | OL29364574M |
| 2018 | Penguin Random House | – | 256 | OL30599754M |
| 2018 | MiraVista Press | – | 160 | OL29802525M |
| 2017 | Liveright Publishing Corporation | – | 352 | OL26923959M |
| 2017 | The MIT Press | Paperback | 277 | OL26949080M |
| 2017 | Usborne Publishing Ltd. | Paperback | 128 | OL27289897M |
| 2017 | MIT Press | – | 320 | OL29763938M |
| 2017 | MIT Press | – | 320 | OL29764386M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 144 | OL38867857M |
| 2017 | MIT Press | – | 320 | OL29764385M |
| 2017 | Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated | – | 208 | OL34107255M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 207 | OL40643856M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace | – | 164 | OL35726095M |
| 2017 | Pinnacle Press | Paperback | 218 | OL32893427M |
| 2016 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | Paperback | 250 | OL32857573M |
| 2016 | Giunti Classics | Paperback | 224 | OL32073462M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 202 | OL34038183M |
| 2016 | Hodder Education Group | – | 112 | OL29279241M |
| 2016 | Puffin Books | Hardcover | 224 | OL28828517M |
| 2016 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 240 | OL28613914M |
| 2016 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 240 | OL28593641M |
| 2016 | Success Park Publishers | Paperback | 170 | OL32747983M |
| 2016 | Edibooks | – | 204 | OL38848952M |
| 2016 | Createspace Independent Publishing Platform | Paperback | 144 | OL33047363M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | Paperback | 284 | OL34858019M |
| 2015 | Wisehouse Classics | – | 150 | OL37769814M |
| 2015 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 114 | OL38858096M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 211 | OL34048760M |
| 2015 | Barnes & Noble | – | 207 | OL30861630M |
| 2015 | Neeland Media LLC | – | 180 | OL35734361M |
| 2014 | Penguin Young Readers Group | – | 352 | OL34091117M |
| 2014 | Millennium Publications | Paperback | 148 | OL35349352M |
| 2014 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 352 | OL29222801M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 211 | OL34069988M |
| 2014 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 284 | OL33541211M |
| 2014 | Titan Books | Hardcover | 239 | OL31185510M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions | – | 238 | OL31016072M |
| 2014 | Oxford University Press | – | 120 | OL33286715M |
| 2014 | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. | – | 258 | OL33436093M |
| 2014 | Oldcastle Books, Limited | – | 256 | OL28533466M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 244 | OL29780849M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 248 | OL29272328M |
| 2014 | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. | – | 258 | OL33496938M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 244 | OL29778987M |
| 2014 | Penguin Random House | – | 240 | OL28531930M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 352 | OL29163956M |
| 2013 | – | – | 334 | OL26933209M |
| 2013 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 208 | OL29676359M |
| 2013 | Harperpress | Paperback | 230 | OL32160329M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 334 | OL27189242M |
| 2013 | Grand Central Publishing | – | 384 | OL29660292M |
| 2013 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 240 | OL38833788M |
| 2013 | Plutón Ediciones | Paperback | 384 | OL26385062M |
| 2012 | Barnes & Noble | – | 214 | OL30727647M |
| 2012 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 200 | OL29225846M |
| 2012 | Greenbrier | – | 179 | OL27693566M |
| 2012 | Brand: Broadview Press | paperback | 375 | OL28292643M |
| 2012 | Barnes & Noble | Hardcover | 207 | OL27044377M |
| 2012 | The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | – | 387 | OL25361900M |
| 2011 | Puffin | Paperback | 282 | OL32766954M |
| 2011 | Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers | – | 422 | OL34000586M |
| 2011 | Legend Press | – | 252 | OL29172141M |
| 2010 | Simon & Brown | – | 208 | OL38660333M |
| 2010 | Oxford University Press | – | 320 | OL28441202M |
| 2009 | Vintage Books USA | – | 464 | OL25977795M |
| 2009 | Dover Publications | – | 223 | OL24407905M |
| 2009 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 288 | OL28456955M |
| 2008 | Oneworld Classics | – | 207 | OL23632794M |
| 2008 | Bodleian Library | – | 448 | OL23161828M |
| 2008 | Pearson Longman | – | 352 | OL23157019M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 239 | OL23170838M |
| 2008 | Engage Books | paperback | 167 | OL32100383M |
| 2008 | Ignatius Press | – | 275 | OL22671196M |
| 2008 | Dark Horse Books | – | 250 | OL24912587M |
| 2007 | Millipede Press | Hardcover | 350 | OL12338956M |
| 2007 | DK CHILDREN | Paperback | 256 | OL10855574M |
| 2007 | Sterling | Hardcover | 224 | OL11637561M |
| 2007 | Bloomsbury UK | Paperback | 288 | OL10756577M |
| 2007 | Dalmatian Press | Mass Market Paperback | 352 | OL11641844M |
| 2007 | Waking Lion Press | Paperback | 214 | OL12505870M |
| 2007 | Penguin Classics | Paperback | 304 | OL10099932M |
| 2007 | Random House UK | Paperback | 240 | OL9983908M |
| 2007 | Millipede Press | Paperback | 496 | OL12338955M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 222 | OL11878932M |
| 2007 | Usborne Publishing, Limited | – | 144 | OL28435981M |
| 2006 | Longman | Paperback | 464 | OL9736182M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 250 | OL10370362M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 272 | OL9462471M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434688M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 272 | OL8501938M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 328 | OL8501968M |
| 2006 | Borders Classics | Paperback | 192 | OL12321313M |
| 2006 | Pearson Longman | – | 431 | OL22734356M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 244 | OL9677392M |
| 2006 | Kaplan Publishing | Mass Market Paperback | 456 | OL8483610M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 256 | OL10370467M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 324 | OL7652780M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 252 | OL10416555M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 248 | OL9699399M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 460 | OL8501998M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 246 | OL10416432M |
| 2006 | Oxford University Press (China) Ltd. | – | 136 | OL28453100M |
| 2005 | Puffin | – | 176 | OL7360746M |
| 2005 | Townsend Press | – | 147 | OL28289878M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 256 | OL8870188M |
| 2004 | Ibooks, Inc. | Paperback | 368 | OL9526458M |
| 2004 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 279 | OL8772711M |
| 2004 | Usborne Books | Paperback | 143 | OL7841297M |
| 2004 | Ann Arbour Media Group | Paperback | 235 | OL12321297M |
| 2004 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 152 | OL8747577M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 256 | OL8870210M |
| 2004 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 240 | OL29673167M |
| 2004 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 352 | OL34417560M |
| 2004 | Pocket Books | – | 322 | OL3471889M |
| 2004 | I Books | Paperback | 368 | OL7951691M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 273 | OL3701481M |
| 2003 | Longman | – | 343 | OL3570083M |
| 2003 | Kaplan Publishing | Mass Market Paperback | 448 | OL7947755M |
| 2003 | Ann Arbor Media Group, LLC | Hardcover | 192 | OL35661724M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 288 | OL8870121M |
| 2002 | Longman | Paperback | 384 | OL9745434M |
| 2002 | Everbind Anthologies | – | 324 | OL3960643M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 238 | OL3955547M |
| 2001 | Dover | – | 283 | OL6795580M |
| 2001 | Oxford University Press | – | 191 | OL3948931M |
| 2001 | Cliffs Notes | Paperback | 240 | OL8051945M |
| 2001 | G.K. Hall | – | 320 | OL3950980M |
| 2000 | New American Library | – | 212 | OL6899319M |
| 2000 | Bedford/St. Martin's | Hardcover | 470 | OL10388103M |
| 2000 | Bedford/St. Martin's | – | 470 | OL54014M |
| 2000 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | – | 212 | OL7584820M |
| 2000 | Palgrave Macmillan | Hardcover | 484 | OL9558129M |
| 1999 | Broadview Press | – | 364 | OL6856080M |
| 1999 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 254 | OL3968642M |
| 1999 | Broadview Press | Paperback | 364 | OL24629339M |
| 1999 | Doubleday | – | 320 | OL7440273M |
| 1999 | Doubleday | – | 266 | OL39114M |
| 1999 | Modern Library | – | 303 | OL372258M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 239 | OL489388M |
| 1998 | Viking | – | 253 | OL704867M |
| 1998 | Viking Juvenile | Paperback | 256 | OL7643437M |
| 1998 | Cambridge University Press | – | 286 | OL471861M |
| 1998 | EMC/Paradigm Pub. | – | 263 | OL6898416M |
| 1998 | Univ.California P. | – | 270 | OL22620472M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 208 | OL8978404M |
| 1996 | W. Pickering | – | 240 | OL965226M |
| 1996 | Konemann | Hardcover | 244 | OL9015099M |
| 1995 | Washington Square Press | – | 279 | OL73480M |
| 1995 | Grosset & Dunlap | Hardcover | 267 | OL1117056M |
| 1994 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 256 | OL9579984M |
| 1994 | Bloomsbury Books | Mass Market Paperback | 256 | OL8990708M |
| 1994 | Hay Editions Ltd. | – | 216 | OL26334027M |
| 1994 | Pan | – | 223 | OL32705999M |
| 1994 | Gramercy Books | – | 259 | OL859104M |
| 1994 | Puffin | – | 224 | OL7357065M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | – | 261 | OL1424125M |
| 1994 | Signet | – | 110 | OL7573643M |
| 1994 | Everyman | – | 267 | OL23098626M |
| 1994 | Dover Publications | – | 166 | OL1110841M |
| 1994 | Broadview Press | – | 371 | OL1214667M |
| 1994 | Signet Classic | – | 381 | OL22938773M |
| 1993 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 242 | OL26334024M |
| 1993 | Plume | – | 357 | OL1446141M |
| 1993 | Modern Library | – | 303 | OL1406450M |
| 1993 | Woodstock Books | – | 280 | OL1408818M |
| 1993 | Random House | Paperback | 303 | OL7700362M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Classics | – | 242 | OL22340144M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 231 | OL1567609M |
| 1992 | Peguin Books | Paperback | 320 | OL24659721M |
| 1992 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 358 | OL1893491M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 272 | OL7698578M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 234 | OL8998448M |
| 1990 | Courage Books | – | 170 | OL1890432M |
| 1989 | P. Bedrick Books | – | 125 | OL2031921M |
| 1989 | Puffin | – | 214 | OL22335507M |
| 1988 | Clarkson N. Potter | Hardcover | 356 | OL7689849M |
| 1988 | Bedrick/Blackie | – | 222 | OL2040207M |
| 1988 | Portland House Illustrated Classics | – | 259 | OL2036286M |
| 1988 | Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom | – | 239 | OL38817664M |
| 1988 | Macdonald & Co | – | 125 | OL18394408M |
| 1988 | Blackie Children's Books | – | 256 | OL38634209M |
| 1988 | Orchises | – | 239 | OL2526265M |
| 1987 | Running Press | – | 170 | OL2745049M |
| 1986 | New Orchard Editions | – | 259 | OL2331989M |
| 1986 | Isis Large Print | – | 319 | OL22362347M |
| 1985 | Penguin Books | – | 265 | OL2757656M |
| 1985 | Penguin Books | – | 269 | OL24207646M |
| 1984 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 256 | OL7820412M |
| 1984 | Modern Library | – | 246 | OL3179487M |
| 1983 | Dodd, Mead | – | 192 | OL3193660M |
| 1983 | Pennyroyal | – | 282 | OL2931084M |
| 1983 | Signet | – | 224 | OL24959307M |
| 1982 | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group | Paperback | 209 | OL7820289M |
| 1982 | Silver Burdett Co. | – | 244 | OL4119517M |
| 1982 | Dell Publishing | Paperback | 221 | OL7523512M |
| 1980 | Oxford University Press | – | 239 | OL4425332M |
| 1979 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | Hardcover | 256 | OL10276919M |
| 1977 | C. N. Potter : distributed by Crown Publishers | – | 356 | OL4540824M |
| 1977 | distributed by Crown Publishers, c1977. | – | 356 | OL18932158M |
| 1976 | C.N. Potter | – | 148 | OL23253665M |
| 1976 | Little, Brown Book Group Limited | – | 192 | OL33360686M |
| 1975 | Dell Books | Mass Market Paperback | 221 | OL10254153M |
| 1974 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 287 | OL5299514M |
| 1974 | Laurel-Leaf Library (Dell | – | 226 | OL43152069M |
| 1973 | Dent | – | 242 | OL23762908M |
| 1973 | Arrow Books | – | 224 | OL5122895M |
| 1971 | Oxford University Press | – | 241 | OL5744971M |
| 1969 | Oxford U.P. | – | 241 | OL5768176M |
| 1969 | SBS Scholastic Book Services, div. of Scholastic Magazines I | Paperback | 271 | OL27991513M |
| 1965 | New American Library | – | 223 | OL26574277M |
| 1965 | New American Library | – | 224 | OL22601917M |
| 1965 | Signet Classics | – | 224 | OL7577065M |
| 1963 | Dent | – | 242 | OL19403543M |
| 1963 | Dent | – | 242 | OL20046754M |
| 1961 | Scribner | Paperback | 190 | OL9219628M |
| 1960 | J. M. Dent and sons ltd. | – | 242 | OL23762907M |
| 1959 | Dent | – | 242 | OL22824084M |
| 1957 | Pyramid Books | – | 192 | OL22612074M |
| 1949 | Halcyon House | – | 239 | OL6066281M |
| 1934 | Limited Editions Club | Hardcover | 257 | OL24458777M |
| 1934 | Limited Editions Club | – | 257 | OL24584431M |
| 1934 | Heritage Press | – | 257 | OL20937610M |
| 1934 | Limited Editions Club | – | 257 | OL24020375M |
| 1933 | J. M. Dent | – | 242 | OL6347490M |
| 1932 | Illustrated Editions Company | – | 239 | OL6277027M |
| 1921 | Dent | – | 242 | OL13724739M |
| 1921 | Dent | – | 242 | OL13777601M |
| 1912 | Dent | – | 242 | OL22574318M |
| 1891 | G. Routledge & Sons, Limited | – | 317 | OL6942528M |
| 1890 | George Munro | – | 177 | OL25379514M |
| 1869 | Sever, Francis, & Co. | – | 177 | OL20510238M |
| 1869 | Sever, Francis, & Co. | – | 177 | OL24326648M |
| 1849 | R. Bentley | – | 202 | OL26683337M |
| 1845 | H. G. Daggers | – | 114 | OL6980010M |
| 1845 | H.G. Daggers | – | 114 | OL43881644M |
| 1833 | Carey, Lea & Blanchard | – | 201 | OL43881117M |
| 1831 | H. Colburn and R. Bentley | Hardcover | 202 | OL7092075M |
| 1831 | H. Colburn and R. Bentley | – | 202 | OL6993987M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?
- About 247 pages: that is the median of 360 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 110 to 496 pages.
- How long does it take to read Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?
- About 4 h 21 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?
- Roughly 68,000 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)).