Book · by Thomas Hardy
How many pages is Jude the Obscure?
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy has a median of 484 pages across 114 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 426 to 496 pages.
Median pages
484
114 editions counted
Range
244–708
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
133k
at 275 words per page
How long will Jude the Obscure take you?
Reading time
8 h 32 min
At 30 min a day
18 days
At 1 hour a day
9 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 | 448 | 8 | 7 h 54 min |
| Paperback | 488 | 23 | 8 h 36 min |
Editions counted
The 114 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 1 more edition was 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 425 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 525 | OL34217238M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 524 | OL34197477M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 525 | OL34201342M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 524 | OL34313819M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 525 | OL34215239M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 396 | OL29923010M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 446 | OL30322902M |
| 2020 | Crescent Moon Publishing | – | 420 | OL30309636M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 285 | OL29936800M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 547 | OL30053346M |
| 2020 | West Margin Press | – | 384 | OL34162785M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 443 | OL29880382M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 547 | OL34301524M |
| 2019 | Alma Classics | – | 384 | OL28933745M |
| 2019 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 528 | OL28721000M |
| 2016 | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 480 | OL29741657M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 426 | OL34043502M |
| 2016 | Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W. | – | 480 | OL28583618M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 250 | OL34059500M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 250 | OL34059542M |
| 2013 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 532 | OL29160658M |
| 2013 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 532 | OL29144078M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 528 | OL28450239M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 416 | OL27179867M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books | paperback | 496 | OL32547658M |
| 2007 | Digireads.com | Paperback | 244 | OL11820685M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 472 | OL11879515M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 468 | OL11652836M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 428 | OL11879473M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Paperback | 348 | OL12556812M |
| 2007 | Aegypan | Hardcover | 348 | OL12557182M |
| 2007 | 1st World Library - Literary Society | Paperback | 560 | OL11824808M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 488 | OL9672197M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 576 | OL7652799M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 492 | OL9544826M |
| 2006 | Hard Press | Paperback | 362 | OL8411838M |
| 2006 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 336 | OL7640236M |
| 2006 | Paperbackshop.Co.UK Ltd - Echo Library | Paperback | 460 | OL8964919M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 486 | OL10416515M |
| 2006 | Hesperides Press | Paperback | 504 | OL11680771M |
| 2006 | Penguin | – | 484 | OL32112040M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 524 | OL10416449M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 490 | OL10370582M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 492 | OL10370374M |
| 2005 | Icon Classics | Paperback | 494 | OL10370475M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | – | 440 | OL3696049M |
| 2003 | Echo Library | Paperback | 576 | OL11915985M |
| 2003 | Macmillan | Hardcover | 400 | OL10494067M |
| 2002 | Oxford University Press | – | 416 | OL3953915M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 494 | OL3943750M |
| 1999 | Norton | – | 468 | OL22111488M |
| 1999 | W.W. Norton | – | 468 | OL24733237M |
| 1999 | Broadview Literary Texts | – | 517 | OL6886886M |
| 1999 | Signet Classic | – | 428 | OL368657M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 428 | OL9431405M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 451 | OL12286534M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 496 | OL7384021M |
| 1998 | Penguin Classics | – | 512 | OL7354722M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 484 | OL75838M |
| 1996 | Sun and Moon Press | Paperback | 496 | OL8598337M |
| 1996 | Barnes & Noble Books | – | 371 | OL24929439M |
| 1996 | BCA | – | 708 | OL17288013M |
| 1996 | Bantam Books | – | 444 | OL27057800M |
| 1995 | Tuttle Publishing | – | 423 | OL7592744M |
| 1995 | Wordsworth Classics | Paperback | 416 | OL8978617M |
| 1995 | Picador | Paperback | 416 | OL10490526M |
| 1992 | Knopf | – | 518 | OL23275038M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 529 | OL8998482M |
| 1986 | Harper & Brothers | – | 488 | OL27794150M |
| 1985 | Everymans Library | – | 416 | OL7592043M |
| 1985 | Oxford University Press | – | 451 | OL2866245M |
| 1982 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 640 | OL9695678M |
| 1980 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 325 | OL7465479M |
| 1980 | New American Library | – | 416 | OL24501690M |
| 1978 | Penguin Books | – | 510 | OL13545435M |
| 1978 | Modern Library | – | 438 | OL7461689M |
| 1978 | W. W. Norton & Company | – | 468 | OL7452272M |
| 1978 | Norton | – | 468 | OL4546248M |
| 1974 | Macmillan | Hardcover | 446 | OL5240451M |
| 1972 | Bobbs-Merrill | – | 443 | OL4914742M |
| 1971 | Macmillan | – | 493 | OL32792874M |
| 1970 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 494 | OL5733595M |
| 1969 | Bantam Books | – | 524 | OL24508475M |
| 1969 | Limited Editions Club | – | 427 | OL5751279M |
| 1969 | Heritage Press | – | 427 | OL13701921M |
| 1969 | Macmillan | – | 423 | OL40216015M |
| 1968 | Macmillan | – | 493 | OL40215952M |
| 1967 | Modern Library | – | 438 | OL5540949M |
| 1966 | Harper & Row | – | 470 | OL5983441M |
| 1966 | Harper & Row | – | 470 | OL15382744M |
| 1963 | Macmillan | – | 493 | OL26571223M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 379 | OL5855902M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 414 | OL40216020M |
| 1961 | Signet Classics | – | 414 | OL7576587M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 414 | OL24592371M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 414 | OL40216001M |
| 1960 | Macmillan & Co | Hardcover | 494 | OL25442009M |
| 1957 | Harper | – | 493 | OL16025040M |
| 1949 | Macmillan | – | 494 | OL13696043M |
| 1930 | Modern Library | – | 488 | OL6412516M |
| 1930 | Book League of America | – | 488 | OL40215999M |
| 1927 | Modern Library | – | 488 | OL6721150M |
| 1923 | Harper | – | 493 | OL13535235M |
| 1923 | Modern Library | – | 503 | OL26885777M |
| 1923 | Modern Library | – | 503 | OL23343586M |
| 1923 | Harper & brothers | – | 488 | OL13535234M |
| 1896 | Harper | – | 488 | OL7046317M |
| 1896 | Osgood, McIlvaine] | – | 515 | OL18044212M |
| 1896 | Harper & brothers | – | 488 | OL40243653M |
| 1896 | Harper & Brothers | – | 488 | OL6979639M |
| 1896 | Dolphin Books | – | 438 | OL40216027M |
| 1895 | Harper & Brothers | – | 488 | OL43187348M |
| 1895 | Modern Library | – | 488 | OL40216061M |
| 1895 | Osgood, McIlvaine | – | 515 | OL6494727M |
More by Thomas Hardy
- 452 pagesFar from the Madding Crowd
- 464 pagesTess of the D'Urbervilles
- 473 pagesThe Return of the Native
- 384 pagesThe Mayor of Casterbridge
- 221 pagesUnder the Greenwood Tree
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Questions
- How many pages is Jude the Obscure?
- About 484 pages: that is the median of 114 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 244 to 708 pages.
- How long does it take to read Jude the Obscure?
- About 8 h 32 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
- How many words is Jude the Obscure?
- Roughly 133,000 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)).