Book · by Charles Dickens · first published 1950
How many pages is Great Expectations?
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens has a median of 508 pages across 373 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 449 to 576 pages.
How long will Great Expectations take you?
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 | 485 | 87 | 8 h 33 min |
| Paperback | 492 | 78 | 8 h 40 min |
| Mass market | 501 | 12 | 8 h 50 min |
Editions counted
The 373 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 50 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 1,489 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Canon Press | – | 584 | OL28095762M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 630 | OL29930317M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 651 | OL30318099M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 651 | OL30320974M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 630 | OL29954736M |
| 2020 | Read & Co. Books | paperback | 428 | OL32881173M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 632 | OL29983578M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 633 | OL30001464M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 653 | OL30320596M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 552 | OL29996446M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 630 | OL29957536M |
| 2019 | Collins | Paperback | 618 | OL28931099M |
| 2019 | Puffin Classics | Paperback | 528 | OL28919776M |
| 2019 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 672 | OL28933085M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 653 | OL29846348M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 401 | OL29823791M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 451 | OL41258331M |
| 2019 | [publisher not identified] | paperback | 283 | OL26813215M |
| 2019 | Flowerpot Press | paperback | 512 | OL45313525M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 480 | OL54725560M |
| 2018 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 520 | OL30597054M |
| 2018 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 494 | OL54710887M |
| 2018 | Penguin Random House | – | 560 | OL28640780M |
| 2018 | Shine Classics | paperback | 284 | OL35717355M |
| 2018 | Engage Books | – | 424 | OL36350750M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 354 | OL54669033M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 448 | OL54675263M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 438 | OL54694219M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 456 | OL40521309M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 410 | OL54670776M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 290 | OL54675995M |
| 2017 | Amazon Publishing | – | 590 | OL38036271M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 476 | OL54681072M |
| 2017 | Independently Published | – | 261 | OL40808789M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 498 | OL54700196M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 406 | OL54683194M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 292 | OL54681337M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 432 | OL54684331M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 292 | OL54678950M |
| 2017 | Scholastic | Paperback | 598 | OL44165221M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 248 | OL54652530M |
| 2016 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 498 | OL54653648M |
| 2016 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 576 | OL28613911M |
| 2016 | Collins Classics | Paperback | 432 | OL28604917M |
| 2016 | Race Point Publishing | Hardcover | 497 | OL28580250M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 506 | OL34059527M |
| 2016 | edibooks | – | 452 | OL54653758M |
| 2015 | Roads | Paperback | 589 | OL32102997M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 410 | OL34048780M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 588 | OL29779358M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 588 | OL29778743M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions, a division of Lerner Publishing Group | – | 584 | OL31016071M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 306 | OL54610738M |
| 2014 | Summit Classic Press | paperback | 610 | OL42948529M |
| 2014 | Penguin Random House | – | 848 | OL28513557M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 588 | OL29779843M |
| 2014 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 826 | OL54619925M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 410 | OL34038186M |
| 2014 | Alma Classics | – | 320 | OL28540916M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 592 | OL29272292M |
| 2014 | [publisher not identified] | paperback | 283 | OL47307740M |
| 2013 | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | – | 304 | OL28529469M |
| 2013 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 472 | OL28524060M |
| 2013 | W F Howes | Paperback | 759 | OL32103000M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books | paperback | 455 | OL27568395M |
| 2013 | Editorium, The | – | 516 | OL28533045M |
| 2013 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 592 | OL28494636M |
| 2013 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 380 | OL45171421M |
| 2012 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 490 | OL28763884M |
| 2012 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 520 | OL28492298M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 554 | OL28347954M |
| 2012 | Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. | – | 576 | OL28482526M |
| 2012 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 720 | OL34467416M |
| 2012 | Bollinger, Max | – | 486 | OL28486376M |
| 2012 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 456 | OL29662650M |
| 2012 | Trans Atlantic Press | Paperback | 575 | OL27085074M |
| 2012 | Dover Publications, Incorporated | – | 400 | OL34004071M |
| 2012 | General Books LLC | – | 314 | OL28460542M |
| 2012 | Canterbury Classics | – | 456 | OL25122443M |
| 2011 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 220 | OL29086247M |
| 2011 | Whites / White's Books Limited | – | 536 | OL28749013M |
| 2011 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 1,060 | OL29088181M |
| 2011 | BBC Books | Paperback | 461 | OL28267794M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 560 | OL28456946M |
| 2011 | Barnes & Noble, Incorporated | – | 512 | OL28751397M |
| 2011 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 352 | OL29088248M |
| 2011 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 360 | OL29088233M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books | – | 460 | OL25107123M |
| 2010 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 320 | OL34444651M |
| 2010 | Collins Classics | Paperback | 480 | OL28458680M |
| 2010 | Ignatius Press | Paperback | 680 | OL24847266M |
| 2010 | Harper Press | Hardcover | 432 | OL28457836M |
| 2010 | Dover Publications | – | 498 | OL24478651M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 507 | OL28438575M |
| 2009 | Arcturus | Paperback | 445 | OL28287543M |
| 2009 | Signet Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 508 | OL24284774M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 512 | OL28456103M |
| 2009 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 748 | OL28474462M |
| 2008 | Read Books | – | 600 | OL28453704M |
| 2008 | Coffeetownpress | – | 788 | OL27124363M |
| 2008 | Cambridge Scholars Publisher | – | 378 | OL28445391M |
| 2008 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 461 | OL9983898M |
| 2008 | Borders Classics | Leather-bound | 480 | OL37028280M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 482 | OL10145855M |
| 2007 | DK CHILDREN | Paperback | 600 | OL10855573M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 416 | OL12557702M |
| 2007 | Oneworld Classics | Paperback | 544 | OL11917241M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 538 | OL11975312M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 516 | OL11678030M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 288 | OL11820637M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 484 | OL11975238M |
| 2006 | Premier Classics | Paperback | 469 | OL44895634M |
| 2006 | Kaplan Publishing | Paperback | 320 | OL10723473M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 532 | OL8964939M |
| 2006 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 400 | OL28429395M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 448 | OL28737872M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434690M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 560 | OL28420491M |
| 2006 | Gramercy | Hardcover | 608 | OL7681837M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 512 | OL8870189M |
| 2005 | Scholastic Inc. | Hardcover | 486 | OL32102998M |
| 2005 | Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library | Paperback | 516 | OL8510956M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 483 | OL13571490M |
| 2004 | Pocket Books | Paperback | 633 | OL3328155M |
| 2004 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 656 | OL33403205M |
| 2004 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 738 | OL12435316M |
| 2004 | Tor | Paperback | 528 | OL43367324M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 514 | OL3706634M |
| 2003 | GE Fabbri | Hardcover | 560 | OL46835045M |
| 2003 | GE Fabbri | Hardcover | 560 | OL45454012M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 592 | OL8870122M |
| 2003 | Echo Library | Paperback | 668 | OL11914581M |
| 2003 | Scholastic Paperbacks | – | 536 | OL7511662M |
| 2003 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 648 | OL8772687M |
| 2003 | Toby Press LLC, The | – | 592 | OL28739244M |
| 2003 | Thorndike Press | – | 855 | OL3683979M |
| 2003 | Toby Press LLC, The | – | 592 | OL28736619M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 238 | OL3955550M |
| 2001 | Popular Publishing | Hardcover | 412 | OL8845779M |
| 2001 | Barnes & Noble Children's Classics | Hardcover | 457 | OL8013237M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 452 | OL6795148M |
| 2001 | Dover Publications | – | 380 | OL3945002M |
| 2000 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 416 | OL30087248M |
| 2000 | Washington Square Press/Pocket Books | Paperback | 530 | OL3668572M |
| 2000 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 714 | OL8830407M |
| 2000 | Aladdin Classics | Paperback | 720 | OL3966919M |
| 1999 | Konemann | Hardcover | 544 | OL8948041M |
| 1999 | Trident Press International | Hardcover | 442 | OL6805555M |
| 1999 | W. W. Norton & Company | Paperback | 748 | OL1562030M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 422 | OL22594300M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 519 | OL117963M |
| 1998 | Tor Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 544 | OL9560112M |
| 1998 | Sweetwater Press | Hardcover | 454 | OL43550505M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 460 | OL20941897M |
| 1998 | Broadview Press | – | 656 | OL28536714M |
| 1998 | Everyman | Paperback | 448 | OL7592615M |
| 1998 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 494 | OL7577261M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 530 | OL7384012M |
| 1998 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 523 | OL12034642M |
| 1998 | EMC/Paradigm Pub. | – | 555 | OL6898413M |
| 1998 | Softback Preview | – | 566 | OL22384653M |
| 1998 | Perma-Bound | library binding | 494 | OL44003497M |
| 1997 | Penguin Random House | – | 495 | OL28423820M |
| 1997 | Book-of-the-Month Club | Hardcover | 566 | OL45499095M |
| 1997 | Doubleday | – | 572 | OL657033M |
| 1997 | Book-of-the-Month Club | Hardcover | 566 | OL45368625M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions, Limited | – | 400 | OL28430239M |
| 1996 | Bedford Books | paperback | 641 | OL822226M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | – | 512 | OL22245388M |
| 1996 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 512 | OL44930021M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 460 | OL7382206M |
| 1996 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 641 | OL19143811M |
| 1995 | St. Martin's Press | – | 641 | OL30087035M |
| 1995 | Henderson Publishing | Paperback | 317 | OL8994736M |
| 1995 | St. Martin's Press | Hardcover | 641 | OL10386148M |
| 1995 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 417 | OL7359524M |
| 1995 | Puffin | – | 432 | OL7354008M |
| 1995 | Cambridge University Press | – | 512 | OL563236M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 443 | OL27101165M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 443 | OL7357052M |
| 1994 | Barnes & Noble Books | Paperback | 457 | OL32103001M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press | – | 505 | OL1403087M |
| 1993 | Prestwick House, Inc. | Paperback | 471 | OL8779910M |
| 1993 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 469 | OL45226054M |
| 1993 | Clarendon Press | Hardcover | 516 | OL1402369M |
| 1993 | Longman Publishing Group | Paperback | 544 | OL10647155M |
| 1993 | New Windmill Classics | Hardcover | 500 | OL10242842M |
| 1993 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 514 | OL43721591M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 469 | OL1567624M |
| 1992 | Wordsworth Classics | Paperback | 432 | OL8978385M |
| 1992 | Courage Books | – | 536 | OL1743075M |
| 1991 | Puffin Books | Paperback | 463 | OL7353889M |
| 1991 | Longman | – | 525 | OL22632876M |
| 1990 | Gage | Paperback | 484 | OL34390567M |
| 1988 | Random House Value Publishing | Hardcover | 511 | OL7685747M |
| 1988 | Pocket Books | – | 528 | OL28737237M |
| 1988 | Longman Publishing Group | Paperback | 540 | OL7880559M |
| 1988 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 535 | OL7577193M |
| 1986 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 458 | OL7820469M |
| 1986 | Marshall Cavendish | Hardcover | 483 | OL22424206M |
| 1985 | Airmont Publishing | paperback | 383 | OL44708258M |
| 1985 | W. Clement Stone | – | 598 | OL7469266M |
| 1985 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 430 | OL23257818M |
| 1985 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 430 | OL2872993M |
| 1984 | Heinemann | Paperback | 456 | OL10243219M |
| 1984 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 510 | OL7354657M |
| 1983 | Collins | – | 444 | OL23766102M |
| 1983 | Chatham River Press | – | 469 | OL3165351M |
| 1983 | Longman | – | 518 | OL2473651M |
| 1983 | Watermill | Paperback | 523 | OL8236099M |
| 1982 | Greenwich House | – | 511 | OL3495559M |
| 1982 | Macmillan Education Australia | – | 452 | OL34368651M |
| 1982 | Charnwood | – | 738 | OL22347155M |
| 1981 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 512 | OL30087376M |
| 1980 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 535 | OL46545784M |
| 1980 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 535 | OL45531043M |
| 1979 | Harcourt Brace College Publishers | Paperback | 470 | OL9227409M |
| 1979 | Easton Press | Hardcover | 457 | OL45698778M |
| 1977 | Hart Pub. Co. | – | 558 | OL4878807M |
| 1977 | Folcroft Library Editions | – | 308 | OL47059953M |
| 1975 | Oxford University Press | – | 520 | OL22338691M |
| 1974 | Oxford University Press | – | 528 | OL22634186M |
| 1972 | Airmont Books | Mass Market Paperback | 383 | OL44943720M |
| 1972 | Airmont Books | Mass Market Paperback | 383 | OL44943619M |
| 1972 | Dutton Adult | – | 472 | OL7591979M |
| 1970 | Edito-Service | – | 565 | OL43754259M |
| 1970 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 466 | OL43726125M |
| 1970 | Bobbs-Merrill Company | Hardcover | 526 | OL7668993M |
| 1970 | Macmillan of Canada | Paperback | 484 | OL46834854M |
| 1970 | Heron Books | Hardcover | 566 | OL43635778M |
| 1969 | Peebles Press International | – | 582 | OL46891962M |
| 1968 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Paperback | 493 | OL40424085M |
| 1968 | Scholastic Book Services | – | 546 | OL49818967M |
| 1967 | – | Hardcover | 457 | OL43669022M |
| 1966 | Oxford University Press | – | 460 | OL43759162M |
| 1966 | Macmillan | – | 466 | OL5977412M |
| 1965 | Leisure Circle Library | Hardcover | 512 | OL46545074M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row | Hardcover | 495 | OL5938074M |
| 1965 | Odyssey Press | Paperback | 484 | OL46545785M |
| 1965 | Airmont Pub. Co. | Mass Market Paperback | 383 | OL24208675M |
| 1965 | Penguin Books | – | 511 | OL5955540M |
| 1965 | Macmillan of Canada. | – | 484 | OL5948139M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | Paperback | 526 | OL43447850M |
| 1964 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 466 | OL43511005M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | Library Binding | 526 | OL5858647M |
| 1964 | Bobbs-Merrill | paperback | 526 | OL46545197M |
| 1963 | Chandler Pub. Co. | – | 532 | OL47066237M |
| 1963 | Harper & Row | – | 511 | OL5930028M |
| 1963 | Chandler Pub. Co. | – | 446 | OL5852096M |
| 1963 | Harcourt, Brace & World | Paperback | 220 | OL46543750M |
| 1963 | Oxford University Press | – | 460 | OL22396096M |
| 1963 | Washington Square Press | paperback | 466 | OL47310603M |
| 1962 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | Hardcover | 461 | OL45014794M |
| 1962 | Chandler Pub. Co. | Paperback | 446 | OL43229325M |
| 1962 | Norton | – | 366 | OL5866925M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 448 | OL5857046M |
| 1962 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 460 | OL56320234M |
| 1961 | Signet Classics | – | 535 | OL7577082M |
| 1961 | Harper | – | 623 | OL5821129M |
| 1960 | Dent | – | 461 | OL16021792M |
| 1960 | Washington Square Press, Inc. | Paperback | 466 | OL45795531M |
| 1958 | Dent | – | 461 | OL26535499M |
| 1955 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 222 | OL16768158M |
| 1953 | Oxford University Press | – | 460 | OL6135747M |
| 1952 | Collins | Hardcover | 416 | OL46545071M |
| 1950 | Dutton | Hardcover | 573 | OL6071937M |
| 1949 | Rinehart | – | 493 | OL6045294M |
| 1948 | Dodd, Mead | – | 598 | OL6045248M |
| 1948 | J. M. Dent & Sons | Hardcover | 374 | OL46545794M |
| 1942 | Dodd, Mead & Company | Library Binding | 598 | OL45451905M |
| 1939 | Heritage Press | Hardcover | 457 | OL43355614M |
| 1939 | The Heritage Press | Hardcover in Slipcase | 457 | OL22477445M |
| 1937 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by R. & | – | 488 | OL22119111M |
| 1932 | J.M. Dent | – | 453 | OL6347263M |
| 1926 | G. W. Jacobs & Company | – | 516 | OL6696819M |
| 1911 | Chapman & Hall, Ltd. | – | 566 | OL40216167M |
| 1906 | Chapman & Hall | Hardcover | 383 | OL46807029M |
| 1906 | Chapman & Hall | – | 383 | OL53641773M |
| 1905 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 568 | OL22300345M |
| 1904 | Gresham Publishing Company | Hardcover | 356 | OL13648214M |
| 1902 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 510 | OL13444492M |
| 1899 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Hardcover | 568 | OL45635054M |
| 1899 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Hardcover | 568 | OL13572282M |
| 1898 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 568 | OL40667934M |
| 1898 | Chapman & Hall | Hardcover | 568 | OL13747106M |
| 1898 | Chapman & Hall | Library Binding | 568 | OL43251958M |
| 1894 | Houghton, Mifflin and Co. | – | 482 | OL47677922M |
| 1894 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | Hardcover | 482 | OL35353876M |
| 1890 | P. F. Collier & Son | Hardcover | 507 | OL24622681M |
| 1879 | Houghton, Osgood and Company | Library Binding | 442 | OL40436515M |
| 1869 | Fields, Osgood & Co. | Hardcover | 442 | OL44265435M |
| 1868 | Books | Hardcover | 485 | OL24741339M |
| 1868 | Books | Hardcover | 485 | OL24627022M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 485 | OL46544874M |
| 1868 | Chapman & Hall, Ld. | Hardcover | 568 | OL46835060M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 485 | OL41713849M |
| 1865 | Chapman and Hall | Library Binding | 524 | OL20582963M |
| 1864 | Hoffmann | Hardcover | 629 | OL24629817M |
| 1863 | S.H. Goetzel | Library Binding | 368 | OL24364628M |
| 1861 | Chapman & Hall | – | 560 | OL22052263M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Great Expectations?
- About 508 pages: that is the median of 373 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 220 to 1,060 pages.
- How long does it take to read Great Expectations?
- About 8 h 57 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
- How many words is Great Expectations?
- Roughly 140,000 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)).