Book · by Dante Alighieri · first published 1947
How many pages is Inferno?
Inferno by Dante Alighieri has a median of 296 pages across 156 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 219 to 395 pages.
Median pages
296
156 editions counted
Range
135–560
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.2h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
81k
at 275 words per page
How long will Inferno take you?
Reading time
5 h 13 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 | 219 | 10 | 3 h 52 min |
| Paperback | 240 | 15 | 4 h 14 min |
| Mass market | 392 | 2 | 6 h 55 min |
Editions counted
The 156 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 12 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 446 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Engage Classics | hardcover | 192 | OL32831071M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 306 | OL30301381M |
| 2020 | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 240 | OL30247829M |
| 2018 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 466 | OL39003891M |
| 2018 | Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. | – | 296 | OL28693393M |
| 2018 | Canongate Books | – | 144 | OL28693447M |
| 2017 | Arcade Publishing | – | 296 | OL26927863M |
| 2017 | Skyhorse Publishing Company, Incorporated | – | 320 | OL29752035M |
| 2015 | Liveright Publishing Corporation | – | 208 | OL28826446M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 228 | OL34044197M |
| 2014 | Alma Classics | – | 396 | OL29182034M |
| 2013 | Vintage Classic | – | 208 | OL32798431M |
| 2013 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 208 | OL29671257M |
| 2013 | Printers Row Publishing Group | – | 208 | OL29675091M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 224 | OL28503175M |
| 2013 | Penguin Books | – | 211 | OL31132516M |
| 2013 | Graywolf Press | – | 352 | OL28773378M |
| 2012 | Graywolf Press | – | 340 | OL27148772M |
| 2012 | Barnes & Noble | – | 236 | OL31050133M |
| 2011 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 256 | OL28472864M |
| 2010 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 450 | OL28458946M |
| 2010 | Oneworld Classics | – | 391 | OL24798576M |
| 2010 | Alba & Tromm | hardcover | 144 | OL27671018M |
| 2009 | Hackett | – | 436 | OL23161488M |
| 2008 | Macmillan UK | Hardcover | 256 | OL10492078M |
| 2007 | Focus Pub. | – | 261 | OL22766958M |
| 2007 | W. W. Norton | – | 345 | OL22767474M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Paperback | 232 | OL11927479M |
| 2007 | Kessinger Publishing, LLC | Hardcover | 230 | OL10520326M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 216 | OL11876173M |
| 2007 | Random House UK | Paperback | 240 | OL9983907M |
| 2007 | iUniverse | – | 393 | OL23939296M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 198 | OL11876152M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books | – | 449 | OL22727301M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 352 | OL8870329M |
| 2005 | Mass Market Paperback | 224 | OL8456505M | |
| 2005 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 256 | OL7639737M |
| 2005 | Modern Library | Mass Market Paperback | 560 | OL9789170M |
| 2004 | New York Review Books | – | 296 | OL21598212M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 188 | OL8472773M |
| 2004 | Chronicle Books | Paperback | 240 | OL8002540M |
| 2004 | NYRB Classics | Paperback | 328 | OL8845264M |
| 2004 | Chronicle Books | – | 217 | OL17115482M |
| 2003 | BookSurge Classics | Paperback | 208 | OL12372136M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble | – | 302 | OL17878542M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | Paperback | 528 | OL8020918M |
| 2003 | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 416 | OL29672046M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 148 | OL11648480M |
| 2003 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 416 | OL7453965M |
| 2003 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 148 | OL11648479M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | Paperback | 432 | OL8020802M |
| 2003 | Trillium Press | – | 211 | OL23039165M |
| 2003 | Modern Library | – | 397 | OL3561312M |
| 2002 | Penguin Classics | – | 432 | OL7361000M |
| 2002 | Granta | – | 296 | OL17069664M |
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 490 | OL13569944M |
| 2002 | W. W. Norton | – | 392 | OL3950977M |
| 2001 | Signet Classic | – | 288 | OL24210663M |
| 2000 | Blue Unicorn Editions | Paperback | 364 | OL12311848M |
| 1999 | Vintage | Paperback | 336 | OL7700588M |
| 1998 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 203 | OL8978955M |
| 1998 | Pantheon Books | – | 314 | OL690389M |
| 1997 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | – | 464 | OL7424392M |
| 1997 | Tuttle+publishing | – | 464 | OL7592886M |
| 1996 | Modern Library | – | 295 | OL979830M |
| 1996 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | – | 355 | OL7424350M |
| 1996 | Noonday Press | – | 355 | OL22945148M |
| 1996 | J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd | Hardcover | 448 | OL9771754M |
| 1995 | Indiana University Press | – | 409 | OL1095692M |
| 1995 | Indiana University Press | – | 432 | OL33443018M |
| 1995 | Vintage | – | 208 | OL555855M |
| 1994 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | – | 360 | OL7423125M |
| 1994 | Chatto & Windus | Hardcover | 208 | OL7764435M |
| 1994 | Chatto & Windus | – | 208 | OL16822085M |
| 1994 | Farrar, Straus and Giroux | – | 427 | OL1428901M |
| 1993 | Ecco Press | – | 199 | OL1724388M |
| 1985 | American Classical College Press | Hardcover | 139 | OL11299683M |
| 1985 | Thames and Hudson | – | 311 | OL2871561M |
| 1984 | Penguin Books | – | 430 | OL2639349M |
| 1982 | Bantam Books | – | 374 | OL26336751M |
| 1982 | Bantam Books | – | 396 | OL24752906M |
| 1982 | Bantam Books | – | 396 | OL19783309M |
| 1982 | A Mentor book [published by the Penguin Group] | – | 288 | OL24965541M |
| 1980 | University of California Press | Hardcover | 307 | OL7708349M |
| 1980 | University of California Press | – | 307 | OL5443823M |
| 1976 | Paddington | – | 183 | OL5202819M |
| 1971 | Indiana University Press | – | 286 | OL5701246M |
| 1971 | Indiana University Press | – | 286 | OL17414207M |
| 1969 | Duke University Press | – | 373 | OL23251365M |
| 1969 | Duke University Press | – | 373 | OL5629092M |
| 1967 | Schocken Books | – | 315 | OL5546663M |
| 1966 | British Broadcasting Corporation | – | 315 | OL6019269M |
| 1966 | BBC | – | 315 | OL16526954M |
| 1966 | British Broadcasting Corporation | – | 315 | OL17765687M |
| 1966 | Schocken Books | – | 315 | OL20504419M |
| 1961 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 432 | OL7385769M |
| 1960 | Penguin Books | – | 345 | OL24228847M |
| 1957 | Penguin Books | – | 346 | OL21567808M |
| 1954 | New American Library | – | 288 | OL13673057M |
| 1954 | Rutgers University Press | – | 288 | OL6155853M |
| 1954 | New American Library | – | 288 | OL14478960M |
| 1954 | New American Library | – | 288 | OL17721552M |
| 1954 | Penguin | – | 288 | OL20504444M |
| 1954 | Rutgers University Press | – | 288 | OL16689860M |
| 1954 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 288 | OL44221099M |
| 1954 | New American Library | – | 288 | OL24210664M |
| 1952 | Macmillan | – | 401 | OL22758729M |
| 1950 | Dent | – | 401 | OL18942599M |
| 1950 | Penguin Classics | – | 352 | OL7355029M |
| 1933 | Macmillian and co., limited | – | 401 | OL6299805M |
| 1932 | J.M. Dent | – | 401 | OL15246415M |
| 1931 | Princeton university press | – | 251 | OL6754838M |
| 1929 | J.M. Dent and Co. | – | 401 | OL16808548M |
| 1928 | People's Pub. Co. | – | 220 | OL16515378M |
| 1928 | Cosmopolitan book corporation | – | 216 | OL6719384M |
| 1920 | Privately Printed | – | 393 | OL18018363M |
| 1920 | Merrymount Press | – | 393 | OL52395924M |
| 1904 | – | – | 402 | OL20539669M |
| 1904 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 305 | OL7136169M |
| 1904 | J.M. Dent and co. | – | 401 | OL25595605M |
| 1904 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 305 | OL6946943M |
| 1904 | G. Bell | – | 432 | OL14252863M |
| 1903 | J.M. Dent | – | 401 | OL7029786M |
| 1902 | Houghton, Mifflin and Company | – | 280 | OL26638765M |
| 1901 | J.M. Dent and Co. | – | 401 | OL6918557M |
| 1900 | J. M. Dent and co. | – | 401 | OL14120143M |
| 1899 | G. Bell | – | 432 | OL18347500M |
| 1898 | Grant Richards | – | 249 | OL44584410M |
| 1892 | Cassell | – | 333 | OL17005253M |
| 1891 | G. Bell | – | 432 | OL18091759M |
| 1889 | George Bell | – | 432 | OL18794886M |
| 1885 | Cassell & Company, limited | – | 183 | OL6290997M |
| 1885 | Belford, Clark & Co. | – | 183 | OL16622905M |
| 1884 | Douglas | – | 277 | OL7039097M |
| 1883 | George Bell | – | 395 | OL18530125M |
| 1880 | H. Altemus | – | 163 | OL15371319M |
| 1880 | Cassel, Petter, Galpin & co. | – | 183 | OL14002700M |
| 1877 | Partridge | – | 179 | OL6909804M |
| 1867 | Chapman and Hall | – | 432 | OL19533764M |
| 1866 | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. | – | 183 | OL28378463M |
| 1866 | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & co. | – | 183 | OL16344663M |
| 1866 | Cassell, Petter, and Galpin | – | 183 | OL6550306M |
| 1854 | J. W. Parker and son | – | 246 | OL23386600M |
| 1849 | Harper & brothers | – | 375 | OL7224784M |
| 1843 | W.E. Painter | – | 285 | OL16523744M |
| 1840 | C.C. Thompson | – | 162 | OL20504436M |
| 1833 | Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman | – | 437 | OL19391625M |
| 1812 | Cadell & Davies | – | 273 | OL52749827M |
| 1807 | printed for John Murray ... and A. Constable and Co, Edinbur | – | 296 | OL16550253M |
| 1807 | J. Murray; [etc., etc.] | – | 293 | OL6584386M |
| 1800 | P. F. Collier | – | 183 | OL6352954M |
| 1800 | Thompson & Thomas | – | 162 | OL14014745M |
| 1800 | Henry Altemus | – | 163 | OL53706975M |
| 1782 | Printed by J. Nichols | – | 135 | OL7181498M |
| – | Cassell, Petter, & Galpin | – | 183 | OL21760146M |
| – | Cassell | – | 162 | OL53634047M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Inferno?
- About 296 pages: that is the median of 156 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 135 to 560 pages.
- How long does it take to read Inferno?
- About 5 h 13 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is Inferno?
- Roughly 81,000 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)).