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Book · by Dante Alighieri · first published 1970

How many pages is Il Paradiso?

Il Paradiso by Dante Alighieri has a median of 396 pages across 65 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 363 to 418 pages.

Median pages
396
65 editions counted
Range
184–544
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
7.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
109k
at 275 words per page

How long will Il Paradiso take you?

Starts at the fiction average of 260 words per minute and 275 words per page. Move the slider to your own speed.

Reading time
6 h 59 min
At 30 min a day
14 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.

20040018501900195020001840: 459 pages1885: 436 pages1899: 418 pages1899: 418 pages1900: 418 pages1900: 418 pages1900: 418 pages1902: 300 pages1903: 418 pages1904: 418 pages1904: 448 pages1904: 419 pages1904: 418 pages1908: 418 pages1909: 429 pages1910: 418 pages1919: 418 pages1921: 449 pages1921: 418 pages1921: 418 pages1928: 324 pages1932: 299 pages1943: 395 pages1943: 395 pages1943: 395 pages1943: 395 pages1946: 418 pages1952: 395 pages1954: 418 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1982: 307 pages1984: 320 pages1984: 405 pages1985: 251 pages1986: 429 pages1986: 464 pages1986: 433 pages1991: 389 pages1996: 363 pages1996: 363 pages2001: 367 pages2003: 206 pages2004: 544 pages2004: 218 pages2004: 427 pages2004: 492 pages2006: 448 pages2007: 320 pages2007: 216 pages2007: 544 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 316 pages2008: 496 pages2009: 365 pages2015: 184 pages2017: 384 pages2018: 292 pages2022: 292 pages2025: 472 pagesmedian 396
200400190020001840: 459 pages1885: 436 pages1899: 418 pages1899: 418 pages1900: 418 pages1900: 418 pages1900: 418 pages1902: 300 pages1903: 418 pages1904: 418 pages1904: 448 pages1904: 419 pages1904: 418 pages1908: 418 pages1909: 429 pages1910: 418 pages1919: 418 pages1921: 449 pages1921: 418 pages1921: 418 pages1928: 324 pages1932: 299 pages1943: 395 pages1943: 395 pages1943: 395 pages1943: 395 pages1946: 418 pages1952: 395 pages1954: 418 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1970: 367 pages1982: 307 pages1984: 320 pages1984: 405 pages1985: 251 pages1986: 429 pages1986: 464 pages1986: 433 pages1991: 389 pages1996: 363 pages1996: 363 pages2001: 367 pages2003: 206 pages2004: 544 pages2004: 218 pages2004: 427 pages2004: 492 pages2006: 448 pages2007: 320 pages2007: 216 pages2007: 544 pages2007: 208 pages2007: 316 pages2008: 496 pages2009: 365 pages2015: 184 pages2017: 384 pages2018: 292 pages2022: 292 pages2025: 472 pagesmedian 396
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Pages by format

Hardcover, paperback and mass-market editions are typeset differently, so the same text can run to more or fewer pages.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover34266 h 01 min
Paperback320115 h 38 min

Editions counted

The 65 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 14 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 291 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2025Graywolf PressPaperback472OL59765689M
2022Creative Media Partners, LLC–292OL46337790M
2018Franklin Classics Trade Presspaperback292OL32705893M
2017Alma Classics–384OL29341562M
2015Lerner Publishing Group–184OL29294814M
2009New American Library–365OL25210999M
2008Penguin ClassicsPaperback496OL10097375M
2007Kessinger Publishing, LLCPaperback320OL11928711M

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Questions

How many pages is Il Paradiso?
About 396 pages: that is the median of 65 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 184 to 544 pages.
How long does it take to read Il Paradiso?
About 6 h 59 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
How many words is Il Paradiso?
Roughly 109,000 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)).