Book · by Joseph Conrad
How many pages is Heart of Darkness?
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad has a median of 144 pages across 151 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 113 to 184 pages.
Median pages
144
151 editions counted
Range
68–315
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
40k
at 275 words per page
How long will Heart of Darkness take you?
Reading time
2 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
6 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 | 7 | 2 h 49 min |
| Paperback | 121 | 28 | 2 h 08 min |
Editions counted
The 151 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 18 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 553 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 94 | OL34252986M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 146 | OL34197592M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 182 | OL34291020M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 123 | OL34295347M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 123 | OL34263402M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 123 | OL34201105M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 86 | OL34305139M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 130 | OL34242710M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 145 | OL34209966M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 146 | OL34184043M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 123 | OL34208904M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 182 | OL34300131M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 146 | OL34278522M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 88 | OL34216490M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 123 | OL34346482M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 202 | OL29968785M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 117 | OL30026799M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 137 | OL34201766M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 177 | OL34189336M |
| 2020 | Gildan Media Corporation | – | 150 | OL29892540M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 120 | OL29964876M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 121 | OL29890566M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 120 | OL30081884M |
| 2020 | Norton & Company Limited, W. W. | – | 160 | OL29490429M |
| 2020 | Legend Press | – | 240 | OL29469372M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 121 | OL30214202M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 78 | OL34081199M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 143 | OL30031917M |
| 2020 | Legend Press | – | 240 | OL29469371M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 97 | OL29858520M |
| 2019 | W. W. Norton & Company | hardcover | 160 | OL28362925M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 83 | OL29838841M |
| 2019 | Penguin Random House | – | 176 | OL28715424M |
| 2018 | Broadview Press | – | 240 | OL28702350M |
| 2018 | Pan Macmillan | – | 312 | OL30591607M |
| 2018 | Cambridge University Press | – | 204 | OL28688730M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 91 | OL34043499M |
| 2016 | Four Corners Books | – | 312 | OL28814174M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 132 | OL34070021M |
| 2016 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 128 | OL28631866M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 192 | OL34059520M |
| 2015 | Alma Classics | – | 192 | OL29263573M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 112 | OL29778741M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 107 | OL29713908M |
| 2015 | Broadview Press | – | 258 | OL28587565M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 112 | OL29725305M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 112 | OL29725250M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 112 | OL29725224M |
| 2014 | Roads Publishing | – | 128 | OL28768512M |
| 2013 | Helbling Languages GmbH | – | 72 | OL28550376M |
| 2013 | 1st World Publishing, Incorporated | – | 108 | OL28519785M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books | – | 160 | OL25361774M |
| 2012 | Cosimo, Inc. | – | 114 | OL28498109M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 122 | OL28484462M |
| 2012 | Bollinger, Max | – | 90 | OL28496851M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 112 | OL28478020M |
| 2012 | AD Classic | – | 108 | OL28501459M |
| 2011 | AD Classic | – | 112 | OL28475987M |
| 2011 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 144 | OL28473028M |
| 2010 | Capuchin Classics | – | 114 | OL25003278M |
| 2009 | Alma Classics | – | 192 | OL28442903M |
| 2009 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 148 | OL28484291M |
| 2009 | Dover Publications | – | 132 | OL24032548M |
| 2008 | Signet Classics | – | 168 | OL23212389M |
| 2008 | The Editorium, LLC | – | 184 | OL37094005M |
| 2007 | Book Jungle | Paperback | 92 | OL12557945M |
| 2007 | Random House UK | Paperback | 176 | OL9983896M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 96 | OL11877251M |
| 2007 | Pearson Education, Limited | – | 91 | OL34369634M |
| 2007 | Echo Library | Hardcover | 200 | OL8411312M |
| 2007 | Filiquarian Publishing, LLC. | Hardcover | 108 | OL12502473M |
| 2007 | Croce Publishing | Paperback | 112 | OL11784104M |
| 2007 | Coyote Canyon Press | Paperback | 104 | OL11841331M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 116 | OL11982603M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 104 | OL11877282M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 68 | OL11685866M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 120 | OL9434639M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 68 | OL11685803M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 196 | OL7652767M |
| 2006 | Filiquarian Publishing, LLC. | Paperback | 104 | OL8902418M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 124 | OL9762428M |
| 2006 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Paperback | 108 | OL11823883M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 136 | OL10370461M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 122 | OL10416424M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 170 | OL10416746M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 124 | OL10416548M |
| 2006 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Hardcover | 108 | OL11823830M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 220 | OL11858855M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 128 | OL10370357M |
| 2005 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 80 | OL11820556M |
| 2005 | A Bed Book | Paperback | 80 | OL8814956M |
| 2005 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 200 | OL8962928M |
| 2004 | Pocket Books | – | 216 | OL3471888M |
| 2004 | Longman | Paperback | 120 | OL7882183M |
| 2004 | York Press | – | 119 | OL22820935M |
| 2003 | Hesperus Press | Paperback | 152 | OL8950819M |
| 2002 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 104 | OL12372130M |
| 2002 | Green Integer | Paperback | 200 | OL8719087M |
| 2002 | Thorndike Press | – | 183 | OL3564818M |
| 2001 | Giunti | – | 127 | OL22822786M |
| 2001 | Dover Publications | – | 154 | OL3945112M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 224 | OL7358891M |
| 2000 | Prestwick House | – | 76 | OL30128978M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 146 | OL94532M |
| 1998 | St. Martin's Press | – | 304 | OL30087207M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 240 | OL8978596M |
| 1996 | Macmillan | – | 304 | OL18159392M |
| 1996 | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | – | 315 | OL824527M |
| 1996 | Cideb | – | 162 | OL22827783M |
| 1995 | Penguin Books | – | 166 | OL872868M |
| 1995 | Broadview Press | – | 245 | OL18008337M |
| 1995 | Everyman Paperback Classics | – | 171 | OL7592697M |
| 1993 | Knopf | – | 110 | OL1394604M |
| 1993 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 160 | OL8998522M |
| 1992 | Limited Editions Club | – | 121 | OL24528784M |
| 1991 | Perfection Form Co. | – | 155 | OL1356359M |
| 1990 | Dover | – | 72 | OL1851910M |
| 1990 | Hodder & Stoughton | – | 130 | OL22834429M |
| 1989 | Penguin Classics | Paperback | 128 | OL9304197M |
| 1989 | Bantam Classic | – | 205 | OL20939097M |
| 1989 | St. Martin's Press | – | 270 | OL2066955M |
| 1983 | NAL Penguin | – | 158 | OL24951002M |
| 1983 | NAL Penguin | – | 158 | OL21449381M |
| 1983 | Penguin | – | 120 | OL24929283M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | – | 205 | OL24935031M |
| 1981 | Bantam Books | – | 204 | OL22931588M |
| 1981 | R. Bentley | – | 118 | OL3783702M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 204 | OL24945968M |
| 1980 | New American Library | – | 158 | OL17768937M |
| 1980 | Buccaneer Books | Library binding | 160 | OL9431649M |
| 1980 | New American Library | – | 160 | OL24209238M |
| 1973 | Penguin | – | 110 | OL4604807M |
| 1973 | J.M. Dent & Sons | – | 150 | OL20572002M |
| 1973 | Penguin | – | 111 | OL22051619M |
| 1972 | Norton | – | 267 | OL18329601M |
| 1971 | Norton | – | 267 | OL14452806M |
| 1971 | Bantam Books | – | 238 | OL22403866M |
| 1970 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 272 | OL4576071M |
| 1970 | T. Nelson (Canada) | – | 147 | OL22157782M |
| 1969 | Heritage Press | – | 117 | OL23334492M |
| 1966 | Airmont Pub. Co. | – | 222 | OL13536728M |
| 1966 | J.M. Dent | – | 193 | OL18941944M |
| 1963 | Norton | – | 231 | OL5877785M |
| 1960 | Prentice-Hall | – | 184 | OL5799306M |
| 1960 | Prentice-Hall | – | 184 | OL23762112M |
| 1959 | New American Library | – | 144 | OL22745422M |
| 1953 | New American Library | – | 142 | OL22750311M |
| 1950 | New American Library | – | 160 | OL17703802M |
| 1950 | New American Library | – | 160 | OL18140356M |
| 1950 | Signet | – | 160 | OL17732219M |
| – | Penguin Canada | – | 224 | OL28735460M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Heart of Darkness?
- About 144 pages: that is the median of 151 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 68 to 315 pages.
- How long does it take to read Heart of Darkness?
- About 2 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
- How many words is Heart of Darkness?
- Roughly 40,000 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)).