Book · by Charles Dickens · first published 1891
How many pages is Hard Times?
Hard Times by Charles Dickens has a median of 348 pages across 187 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 298 to 377 pages.
Median pages
348
187 editions counted
Range
179–684
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
96k
at 275 words per page
How long will Hard Times take you?
Reading time
6 h 08 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 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 | 327 | 9 | 5 h 46 min |
| Paperback | 352 | 30 | 6 h 12 min |
| Mass market | 368 | 3 | 6 h 29 min |
Editions counted
The 187 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 11 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 1,028 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34165434M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34343339M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34219832M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34233838M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 458 | OL34311071M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34350359M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34248062M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34359666M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34307809M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34252267M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34309901M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34309416M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34310463M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34327792M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34347837M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34233129M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34279680M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34153423M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34248914M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 458 | OL34282096M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34313398M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 564 | OL34300961M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34329247M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL34300614M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34281995M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 462 | OL34292026M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34196628M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 359 | OL29957934M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL29982307M |
| 2020 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 384 | OL28062157M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 315 | OL30016577M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL34342056M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 360 | OL34297665M |
| 2020 | Public Park Publishing | hardcover | 230 | OL34649316M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL30330761M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 288 | OL30261163M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30322241M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30333638M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 374 | OL30284062M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30321154M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30322869M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30321660M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30359878M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30326472M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL30334462M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 270 | OL34196843M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL30332967M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 276 | OL34142740M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 377 | OL29912407M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL29957321M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 378 | OL30365220M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 184 | OL34104425M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 424 | OL41612581M |
| 2018 | Independently Published | – | 179 | OL40729105M |
| 2017 | Norton & Company Limited, W. W. | – | 512 | OL29322710M |
| 2016 | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 512 | OL29748655M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 348 | OL29780382M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 298 | OL34038162M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 348 | OL29732492M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 348 | OL29732449M |
| 2016 | Pan Macmillan | – | 416 | OL28597697M |
| 2016 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 348 | OL29732689M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 327 | OL34038155M |
| 2015 | Alma Classics | – | 304 | OL29281136M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 327 | OL34059533M |
| 2013 | Arcturus | – | 253 | OL32104046M |
| 2013 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 223 | OL29686082M |
| 2012 | Chivers | – | 442 | OL32787194M |
| 2012 | Vintage Classics | – | 276 | OL25349627M |
| 2012 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 192 | OL34471691M |
| 2012 | HarperPress | – | 370 | OL32104047M |
| 2010 | Oneworld Classics | – | 283 | OL30506978M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL22569853M |
| 2008 | Signet Classics | – | 313 | OL23213729M |
| 2007 | Echo Library | Hardcover | 568 | OL8965236M |
| 2007 | Penguin | – | 365 | OL29549467M |
| 2007 | Pocket Books | Mass Market Paperback | 429 | OL8457044M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 330 | OL11977275M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 300 | OL11678031M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 300 | OL11977258M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 336 | OL11932074M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 336 | OL10566206M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 436 | OL7652676M |
| 2006 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 248 | OL8898045M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 352 | OL10370524M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 568 | OL8965146M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 352 | OL9465114M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 248 | OL9489292M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 346 | OL10370622M |
| 2006 | Aegypan | Paperback | 248 | OL12496079M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 684 | OL11858858M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 656 | OL9652471M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 358 | OL10370416M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 356 | OL9818846M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 352 | OL10370498M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 390 | OL10416698M |
| 2004 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 261 | OL8747558M |
| 2004 | Pearson Longman | – | 353 | OL3691443M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 368 | OL8870183M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 280 | OL8470946M |
| 2004 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 302 | OL8747567M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 352 | OL8870207M |
| 2004 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 430 | OL12435313M |
| 2003 | Longman | Paperback | 512 | OL10459781M |
| 2003 | Penguin | – | 321 | OL3702621M |
| 2003 | Echo Library | Paperback | 400 | OL11914583M |
| 2001 | W.W. Norton & Co. | – | 480 | OL6788888M |
| 2001 | W.W. Norton | – | 192 | OL3962440M |
| 2001 | Dover Publications | – | 223 | OL3945016M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 338 | OL3941459M |
| 1998 | Konemann | Hardcover | 327 | OL9015120M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 272 | OL8978588M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 288 | OL7357070M |
| 1998 | Penguin Classics | – | 368 | OL7354847M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 464 | OL7384016M |
| 1998 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Paperback | 324 | OL12210427M |
| 1997 | Signet Classics | – | 294 | OL7577262M |
| 1997 | Penguin Random House | – | 299 | OL28423827M |
| 1996 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 336 | OL7746404M |
| 1996 | Broadview Press | Paperback | 400 | OL8551300M |
| 1996 | Broadview Press | – | 460 | OL21530308M |
| 1995 | Penguin | – | 318 | OL549021M |
| 1995 | Longman | Paperback | 368 | OL10650445M |
| 1993 | W W Norton | – | 184 | OL16263853M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 299 | OL1568676M |
| 1991 | World International | – | 285 | OL22258743M |
| 1990 | Norton | – | 434 | OL2196736M |
| 1989 | Oxford University Press | – | 430 | OL2041359M |
| 1988 | Watermill Press | – | 313 | OL24964665M |
| 1987 | Methuen | – | 339 | OL2382454M |
| 1987 | Dent | – | 268 | OL31891200M |
| 1987 | Oxford University Press | – | 318 | OL7382210M |
| 1986 | Heinemann | Paperback | 312 | OL10243220M |
| 1984 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 432 | OL11236844M |
| 1983 | Folio Society | – | 244 | OL15074803M |
| 1983 | Folio Society | Hardcover with slipcase | 244 | OL13830003M |
| 1981 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 280 | OL7820273M |
| 1980 | Signet Classic | – | 301 | OL22933357M |
| 1979 | Dent | – | 268 | OL22407331M |
| 1977 | Pan Books | – | 297 | OL4286393M |
| 1977 | Penguin Random House | – | 312 | OL35456010M |
| 1974 | J.M. Dent | – | 268 | OL32997840M |
| 1974 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL20762788M |
| 1973 | Collins | Hardcover | 288 | OL9913723M |
| 1972 | Imprint Society | – | 218 | OL16415064M |
| 1972 | Collins | – | 294 | OL45310718M |
| 1970 | Heron Books | – | 490 | OL49655373M |
| 1969 | Penguin | – | 328 | OL5721800M |
| 1969 | J. M. Dent & Sons | – | 280 | OL35355388M |
| 1967 | Dent / Everyman'S Library | – | 290 | OL43579582M |
| 1967 | Dent | – | 272 | OL22348465M |
| 1966 | W. W. Norton | – | 378 | OL5982191M |
| 1966 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL14990961M |
| 1966 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club | – | 279 | OL5978152M |
| 1966 | Heritage Press | – | 279 | OL32997841M |
| 1966 | Heritage Press | – | 279 | OL13859029M |
| 1966 | Easton Press | – | 279 | OL18203370M |
| 1966 | Heritage Press | – | 279 | OL26887009M |
| 1965 | Collins | – | 288 | OL52756616M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row | – | 283 | OL5938072M |
| 1964 | Dent | – | 272 | OL31948229M |
| 1963 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL26575759M |
| 1963 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL22396099M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 300 | OL24209085M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 300 | OL24409057M |
| 1961 | Signet Classics | – | 301 | OL7577197M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 300 | OL23756607M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 300 | OL13535642M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 300 | OL26575182M |
| 1961 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 300 | OL44220779M |
| 1960 | Harper | – | 395 | OL5794741M |
| 1959 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL45635041M |
| 1958 | Rinehart | – | 274 | OL6247017M |
| 1955 | Oxford University Press | – | 299 | OL6180387M |
| 1951 | Walter J. Black | – | 374 | OL50993468M |
| 1950 | Dent | – | 363 | OL52404999M |
| 1927 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd | – | 363 | OL6347269M |
| 1920 | J.M. Dent | – | 363 | OL24242331M |
| 1912 | Waverley Book Co. | – | 312 | OL18493470M |
| 1912 | Waverley Book Co. | – | 312 | OL44990473M |
| 1908 | Thomas Nelson and Sons | – | 284 | OL22602991M |
| 1906 | Collins Clear-Type Press | Hardcover | 398 | OL21319597M |
| 1891 | Dodd, Mead, and Company | – | 395 | OL31090802M |
| 1881 | Chapman and Hall | – | 520 | OL22193345M |
| 1854 | Bernhard Tauchnitz | – | 376 | OL44953383M |
| 1854 | Bradbury & Evans | – | 352 | OL6475935M |
| – | Tuttle Publishing | – | 352 | OL7592677M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Hard Times?
- About 348 pages: that is the median of 187 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 179 to 684 pages.
- How long does it take to read Hard Times?
- About 6 h 08 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
- How many words is Hard Times?
- Roughly 96,000 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)).