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Book · by Daphne du Maurier · first published 1936

How many pages is Jamaica Inn?

Jamaica Inn by Daphne du Maurier has a median of 279 pages across 32 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 244 to 332 pages.

Median pages
279
32 editions counted
Range
128–536
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
77k
at 275 words per page

How long will Jamaica Inn 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
4 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
10 days
At 1 hour a day
5 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

20040019401960198020001936: 270 pages1936: 332 pages1936: 243 pages1936: 270 pages1936: 243 pages1936: 243 pages1936: 244 pages1936: 244 pages1936: 262 pages1936: 332 pages1937: 332 pages1937: 332 pages1943: 332 pages1951: 252 pages1965: 267 pages1966: 536 pages1968: 351 pages1971: 378 pages1971: 304 pages1978: 128 pages1992: 189 pages1993: 128 pages1999: 302 pages2003: 351 pages2008: 136 pages2012: 320 pages2012: 320 pages2013: 320 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 279
200400195020001936: 270 pages1936: 332 pages1936: 243 pages1936: 270 pages1936: 243 pages1936: 243 pages1936: 244 pages1936: 244 pages1936: 262 pages1936: 332 pages1937: 332 pages1937: 332 pages1943: 332 pages1951: 252 pages1965: 267 pages1966: 536 pages1968: 351 pages1971: 378 pages1971: 304 pages1978: 128 pages1992: 189 pages1993: 128 pages1999: 302 pages2003: 351 pages2008: 136 pages2012: 320 pages2012: 320 pages2013: 320 pages2015: 320 pagesmedian 279
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 3 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 32 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 3 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 100 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2015Little, Brown Book Group Limited–320OL29260041M
2013Little Brown & Company–320OL34003063M
2012Little, Brown Book Group Limited–320OL29109761M
2012Little, Brown Book Group Limited–320OL33438228M
2008Pearson Education, Limited–136OL28436638M
2003Victor Gollancz–351OL22018004M
1999Avon Twilight–302OL24753026M
1993Longman Group United KingdomPaperback128OL7879639M

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Questions

How many pages is Jamaica Inn?
About 279 pages: that is the median of 32 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 128 to 536 pages.
How long does it take to read Jamaica Inn?
About 4 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 10 days.
How many words is Jamaica Inn?
Roughly 77,000 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)).