Book · by Hans Christian Andersen
How many pages is Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales?
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen has a median of 286 pages across 107 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 190 to 352 pages.
Median pages
286
107 editions counted
Range
121–543
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
79k
at 275 words per page
How long will Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales take you?
Reading time
5 h 02 min
At 30 min a day
11 days
At 1 hour a day
6 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 | 270 | 13 | 4 h 46 min |
| Paperback | 162 | 14 | 2 h 51 min |
Editions counted
The 107 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 34 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 298 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Oxford University Press | – | 349 | OL23992164M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 136 | OL9736787M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 122 | OL9671011M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 154 | OL11975294M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 172 | OL11975375M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 204 | OL12557650M |
| 2006 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 136 | OL9670042M |
| 2006 | Penguin Classics | – | 438 | OL7361777M |
| 2005 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 168 | OL8776274M |
| 2005 | Viking Adult | Hardcover | 496 | OL7641287M |
| 2005 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 156 | OL11752323M |
| 2005 | Aegypan | Paperback | 148 | OL8898336M |
| 2005 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Hardcover | 224 | OL11823350M |
| 2004 | Wildside Press | Hardcover | 172 | OL11316248M |
| 2004 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 226 | OL12435517M |
| 2004 | Penguin | Hardcover | 496 | OL22603205M |
| 2004 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Paperback | 224 | OL12438639M |
| 2004 | Penguin Books | Hardcover | 437 | OL7798407M |
| 2004 | Signet Classics | – | 384 | OL7577347M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 140 | OL11792059M |
| 2003 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 175 | OL9802206M |
| 2002 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 174 | OL12372308M |
| 2001 | North Books | Hardcover | 270 | OL9823262M |
| 2001 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 156 | OL12325373M |
| 2001 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 156 | OL12325372M |
| 2001 | North Books | Hardcover | 167 | OL12286547M |
| 1999 | Children's Classics | Hardcover | 352 | OL7681341M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 384 | OL7384104M |
| 1997 | Oxford University Press | – | 259 | OL780369M |
| 1994 | Wordsowrth Editions LTD | Paperback | 387 | OL8978475M |
| 1993 | Wordsworth Children's Classics | – | 387 | OL22302087M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 418 | OL1744286M |
| 1990 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 327 | OL16788948M |
| 1990 | Carlsen | – | 138 | OL1584349M |
| 1988 | Children's Classics | – | 336 | OL2035719M |
| 1987 | Signet Classics | – | 384 | OL7576914M |
| 1986 | Collins | – | 320 | OL7256908M |
| 1985 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 478 | OL11269950M |
| 1984 | Oxford University Press | – | 349 | OL2845064M |
| 1983 | Wanderer Books | – | 352 | OL3159685M |
| 1982 | Franklin Library | – | 318 | OL3122273M |
| 1982 | Franklin Library | – | 302 | OL3205067M |
| 1981 | Puffin Books | – | 175 | OL3867255M |
| 1981 | Metropolitan Museum of Art and Viking Press | – | 155 | OL3784318M |
| 1979 | Schocken Books | – | 264 | OL4430870M |
| 1979 | Abaris Books | – | 192 | OL4426609M |
| 1979 | Atheneum | – | 191 | OL4730711M |
| 1978 | A. Deutsch | – | 191 | OL4476698M |
| 1978 | Doubleday | – | 185 | OL4760840M |
| 1977 | Franklin Library | – | 543 | OL4277845M |
| 1976 | Gollancz | – | 188 | OL4684821M |
| 1975 | Collins, World | – | 318 | OL5062211M |
| 1973 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 327 | OL16220596M |
| 1972 | Rand McNally | – | 286 | OL5321876M |
| 1970 | Childrens Press | – | 192 | OL5755957M |
| 1970 | Childrens Press | – | 192 | OL23251828M |
| 1970 | The Heritage Press | – | 297 | OL18203247M |
| 1967 | University Microfilms | – | 351 | OL5551014M |
| 1964 | Parents' Magazine Press | – | 352 | OL5913557M |
| 1963 | Duell, Sloan and Pearce | – | 319 | OL5887735M |
| 1963 | Macmillan | – | 542 | OL23269158M |
| 1963 | Macmillan | – | 542 | OL5883223M |
| 1962 | H. Z. Walck | – | 327 | OL5845088M |
| 1959 | Oxford University Press | – | 349 | OL20140717M |
| 1959 | Oxford U.P | – | 349 | OL19410205M |
| 1958 | Orion press | – | 355 | OL6251214M |
| 1957 | Winston | – | 278 | OL6226367M |
| 1956 | Junior Deluxe Editions | – | 217 | OL18042572M |
| 1956 | Junior Deluxe Editions | – | 217 | OL6215119M |
| 1956 | Jespersen & Pio | – | 124 | OL5626111M |
| 1951 | Flensted; E. Ward | – | 395 | OL21520725M |
| 1950 | Scribner | – | 394 | OL6086495M |
| 1945 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 343 | OL6505039M |
| 1945 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 327 | OL6498638M |
| 1943 | The Heritage Press | – | 297 | OL6476110M |
| 1937 | K. Paul, Trench, Trubner | – | 121 | OL6370531M |
| 1935 | Appleton-Century | – | 224 | OL6316980M |
| 1933 | Coward-McCann, Inc. | – | 255 | OL6295231M |
| 1932 | Harrap | – | 287 | OL6147404M |
| 1932 | David McKay Company | – | 287 | OL6295067M |
| 1932 | Garden City Publishing Company, Inc. | – | 272 | OL6278577M |
| 1931 | Houghton Mifflin company | – | 355 | OL6348330M |
| 1930 | The Penn publishing company | – | 367 | OL6749747M |
| 1930 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. | – | 387 | OL6347225M |
| 1926 | The John C. Winston Company | – | 276 | OL6690493M |
| 1924 | Hodder and Stoughton | – | 197 | OL6147403M |
| 1923 | George H. Doran | – | 250 | OL6657101M |
| 1922 | Small, Maynard & company | – | 355 | OL6648570M |
| 1917 | G.W. Jacobs & co. | – | 489 | OL6601752M |
| 1916 | Rand McNally & Company | Hardcover | 286 | OL6584053M |
| 1914 | Ginn and Company | – | 300 | OL7104663M |
| 1913 | H. Holt | – | 288 | OL7114322M |
| 1913 | Constable | – | 288 | OL7157946M |
| 1911 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 250 | OL2927876M |
| 1911 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 250 | OL7079402M |
| 1904 | Maynard, Merrill, & co. | – | 253 | OL6940637M |
| 1904 | McLoughlin brothers | – | 156 | OL6946196M |
| 1902 | D. Estes & Company | – | 188 | OL6918956M |
| 1900 | Published by Hodder and Stoughton for Boots Pure Drug Co. | – | 319 | OL16992680M |
| 1884 | R. Worthington | – | 351 | OL7136515M |
| 1880 | American News Co. | – | 498 | OL16987227M |
| 1874 | Leavett & Aleen Brothers. | – | 380 | OL7080186M |
| 1872 | Published by James Miller, (successor to C. S. Francis & Co. | – | 166 | OL7074538M |
| 1868 | Published by James Miller, (successor to C. S. Francis & Co. | – | 165 | OL7131582M |
| 1848 | J. Wiley | – | 206 | OL5293794M |
| 1847 | Chapman and Hall | – | 168 | OL6147633M |
| – | Dewolff, Fiske | – | 288 | OL18163372M |
More by Hans Christian Andersen
- 32 pagesThe Ugly Duckling
- 346 pagesFairy Tales and Stories
- 32 pagesThumbelina
- 48 pagesThe Little Mermaid
All 5 books by Hans Christian Andersen with page counts
Questions
- How many pages is Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales?
- About 286 pages: that is the median of 107 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 121 to 543 pages.
- How long does it take to read Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales?
- About 5 h 02 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales?
- Roughly 79,000 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)).