Book · by Robert Louis Stevenson · first published 2002
How many pages is Kidnapped?
Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson has a median of 284 pages across 164 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 232 to 319 pages.
Median pages
284
164 editions counted
Range
139–496
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
5.0h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
78k
at 275 words per page
How long will Kidnapped take you?
Reading time
5 h 01 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 | 276 | 13 | 4 h 52 min |
| Paperback | 264 | 12 | 4 h 39 min |
| Mass market | 240 | 3 | 4 h 14 min |
Editions counted
The 164 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 358 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 318 | OL46273424M |
| 2021 | West Margin Press | – | 196 | OL34192146M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 356 | OL34202141M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 197 | OL34135875M |
| 2016 | Usborne Publishing, Limited | – | 424 | OL28610276M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 220 | OL34038180M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 368 | OL34017030M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 368 | OL34048800M |
| 2014 | W F Howes Ltd | – | 312 | OL32793002M |
| 2014 | Oxford University Press | – | 256 | OL28515675M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 368 | OL33431236M |
| 2012 | Penguin Random House | – | 368 | OL28485768M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 336 | OL34414348M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 336 | OL28447392M |
| 2009 | Arc Manor | – | 184 | OL34418380M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 248 | OL34427880M |
| 2008 | Editorium, The | – | 236 | OL34416178M |
| 2008 | Capuchin Classics | – | 241 | OL23623013M |
| 2008 | Cambridge Scholars Publisher | – | 176 | OL34423725M |
| 2008 | Standard Publications, Inc. | – | 212 | OL34425563M |
| 2008 | Editorium, The | – | 216 | OL34416174M |
| 2008 | Premier Classics | – | 319 | OL32112642M |
| 2008 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 248 | OL34427932M |
| 2008 | Tutis Digital Publishing Pvt. Limited | – | 212 | OL34413944M |
| 2008 | Editorium, The | – | 216 | OL34414117M |
| 2007 | Penguin Classics | Paperback | 304 | OL10099493M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | – | 224 | OL34415138M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 244 | OL9892063M |
| 2007 | F. Watts | – | 213 | OL23161379M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 268 | OL10370369M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 266 | OL10416561M |
| 2006 | Franklin Watts | Library Binding | 224 | OL10464970M |
| 2006 | ReadHowYouWant.com | Paperback | 496 | OL8501874M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 262 | OL10416437M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 310 | OL10416442M |
| 2006 | Barnes & Noble | – | 225 | OL23165883M |
| 2005 | Scholastic Inc. | – | 209 | OL32112643M |
| 2005 | Rodgers Books, Alan | – | 224 | OL34412566M |
| 2005 | 1st World Publishing, Incorporated | – | 316 | OL34426641M |
| 2005 | Reagent Press | Paperback | 224 | OL8744822M |
| 2005 | Penguin Books | – | 232 | OL3424668M |
| 2005 | Echo Library | Paperback | 432 | OL8962871M |
| 2004 | Usborne Books | Paperback | 160 | OL7841661M |
| 2003 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 276 | OL10952882M |
| 2002 | Scholastic | – | 276 | OL3656484M |
| 2002 | ABDO Pub. | – | 236 | OL3955082M |
| 2002 | Thorndike Press | – | 383 | OL3559381M |
| 2000 | Dover Publications | Hardcover | 230 | OL60052M |
| 2000 | Signet | – | 218 | OL3668383M |
| 2000 | Puffin | – | 336 | OL7359528M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | School & Library Binding | 322 | OL11312997M |
| 1999 | Andre Deutsch Ltd | Hardcover | 320 | OL10198302M |
| 1999 | Huntington Library | – | 334 | OL389094M |
| 1999 | Antique Collectors Club Dist A/C | Hardcover | 208 | OL8970475M |
| 1998 | LRS (Library Reproduction Service) | Library Binding | 350 | OL12279974M |
| 1998 | NTC/Contemporary Publishing Company | Paperback | 224 | OL8978491M |
| 1996 | Konemann | Hardcover | 252 | OL9015132M |
| 1995 | Puffin | – | 336 | OL7354017M |
| 1994 | Chancellor | – | 407 | OL17348226M |
| 1994 | Knopf | – | 319 | OL1082273M |
| 1994 | Puffin Books | – | 322 | OL22153257M |
| 1994 | Penguin Books | – | 232 | OL876496M |
| 1993 | Running Pr | Hardcover | 289 | OL8635730M |
| 1992 | Playmore Publishers | School & Library Binding | 240 | OL8328001M |
| 1991 | Aerie | Mass Market Paperback | 240 | OL9563386M |
| 1990 | Trafalgar Square Publishing | Paperback | 224 | OL8309728M |
| 1990 | Reader's Digest | – | 222 | OL17257076M |
| 1990 | Priory Books | – | 176 | OL26480360M |
| 1990 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 222 | OL22377083M |
| 1989 | Children's Classics | – | 241 | OL2211001M |
| 1989 | Hippo | – | 241 | OL31937361M |
| 1989 | Courage Books | – | 289 | OL2217687M |
| 1988 | Contemporary Books | – | 306 | OL2048392M |
| 1987 | Bounty Books | Unknown Binding | 139 | OL7776690M |
| 1986 | Reader's Digest Association | – | 222 | OL2745517M |
| 1982 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 221 | OL7820295M |
| 1982 | Bantam Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 240 | OL7820422M |
| 1982 | Scribner | – | 289 | OL3486013M |
| 1982 | Ulverscroft Large Print | Hardcover | 319 | OL9772968M |
| 1980 | Chambers | – | 211 | OL22219868M |
| 1980 | Purnell | – | 255 | OL32112644M |
| 1980 | Dean | – | 183 | OL22397805M |
| 1977 | Playmore | – | 236 | OL24954680M |
| 1975 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 310 | OL7539796M |
| 1974 | Oxford University Press | – | 221 | OL5241073M |
| 1972 | Sphere | – | 217 | OL5459816M |
| 1970 | Scribner | – | 289 | OL5466589M |
| 1969 | Childrens Press | – | 224 | OL5070847M |
| 1968 | Pan Books | – | 240 | OL31969997M |
| 1968 | Cambridge Book Co. | – | 258 | OL5630371M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row | – | 235 | OL5938083M |
| 1960 | Dent | – | 246 | OL5792199M |
| 1959 | Signet Classics | – | 239 | OL7577181M |
| 1954 | Junior Deluxe Editions | – | 320 | OL6158846M |
| 1949 | Random House | – | 228 | OL6045923M |
| 1949 | Random House | – | 228 | OL16046976M |
| 1949 | Dodd, Mead | – | 289 | OL6050324M |
| 1949 | Steck | – | 207 | OL6072819M |
| 1948 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 340 | OL23266427M |
| 1948 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 310 | OL6033819M |
| 1948 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 340 | OL6033818M |
| 1948 | Puffin | – | 225 | OL22370858M |
| 1947 | World Pub. Co. | – | 313 | OL6522311M |
| 1947 | World | – | 313 | OL23267211M |
| 1942 | D. McKay | – | 311 | OL6450753M |
| 1941 | Scribner | – | 289 | OL20937892M |
| 1938 | The Heritage Press | – | 236 | OL22478065M |
| 1938 | For the members of the Limited Editions Club by the Pynson P | – | 236 | OL24056348M |
| 1938 | Heritage Press | – | 236 | OL16672230M |
| 1938 | Heritage Press | – | 236 | OL17721635M |
| 1935 | Whitman Pub. Co. | – | 234 | OL32112646M |
| 1933 | C. Scribner's sons | – | 289 | OL13547885M |
| 1932 | Garden City publishing co., inc. | – | 322 | OL6277194M |
| 1928 | Macmillan | Hardcover | 264 | OL22280996M |
| 1926 | The Saalfield publishing company | – | 250 | OL6697162M |
| 1925 | The John C. Winston Company | – | 348 | OL6677912M |
| 1925 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 289 | OL43752467M |
| 1925 | The Macmillan Company | – | 328 | OL6679986M |
| 1923 | William Heinemann | – | 223 | OL21362974M |
| 1923 | Heinemann in association with Chatto & Windus; Cassell; and | – | 223 | OL13714209M |
| 1923 | C. Scribner's sons | – | 312 | OL16826540M |
| 1922 | Scribner | – | 289 | OL24175195M |
| 1921 | Harper & Brothers | – | 301 | OL6638197M |
| 1921 | Harper & Brothers | – | 301 | OL7164567M |
| 1920 | Scott, Foresman | – | 318 | OL6623563M |
| 1918 | Scribners | – | 281 | OL13539885M |
| 1915 | G.W. Jacobs and Company | – | 332 | OL6581134M |
| 1914 | Scott, Foresman and Company | – | 301 | OL6565896M |
| 1913 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 289 | OL6561472M |
| 1913 | Grosset & Dunlap | – | 326 | OL22448653M |
| 1913 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 342 | OL47794158M |
| 1912 | Educational publishing company | – | 283 | OL26357391M |
| 1912 | Scribner | – | 312 | OL22352401M |
| 1911 | C. Scribner's sons | – | 324 | OL43782956M |
| 1909 | Macmillan | – | 271 | OL7004466M |
| 1909 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Hardcover | 324 | OL25154705M |
| 1907 | Scribner | – | 312 | OL7060640M |
| 1906 | Scribner | – | 324 | OL16816650M |
| 1905 | Scribner | – | 324 | OL17729871M |
| 1905 | Scribner | – | 324 | OL24175194M |
| 1904 | Co-op. Publ. Soc. | – | 283 | OL23762982M |
| 1900 | Brown Watson | – | 176 | OL32007176M |
| 1900 | World Syndicate Pub. Co. | – | 255 | OL24152192M |
| 1900 | Cosmopolitan Magazine | – | 308 | OL22352119M |
| 1899 | E. A. Weeks | – | 304 | OL19878940M |
| 1898 | H. Altemus | – | 286 | OL343013M |
| 1897 | Cassell and Company | – | 319 | OL16002993M |
| 1896 | Charles Scribner's Sons | – | 281 | OL43824157M |
| 1894 | Cassell | – | 311 | OL24821157M |
| 1894 | Cassell | – | 311 | OL24821158M |
| 1894 | Cassell | – | 311 | OL23409914M |
| 1894 | Cassell | – | 311 | OL24829613M |
| 1888 | B. Tauchnitz | – | 288 | OL24829585M |
| 1888 | B. Tauchnitz | – | 288 | OL23412612M |
| 1887 | G. Munro | – | 198 | OL22450991M |
| 1886 | Cassell | – | 311 | OL13447615M |
| 1886 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 324 | OL24829579M |
| 1886 | Charles Scribner's sons | – | 324 | OL23308011M |
| 1886 | C. Scribner's Sons | – | 324 | OL23409809M |
| – | A.L. Burt Co. | – | 327 | OL17065279M |
| – | Cassells | – | 390 | OL13745186M |
| – | Cassell | – | 344 | OL13942963M |
| – | Scribner | Unknown Binding | 289 | OL7720733M |
| – | F.M. Lupton | – | 262 | OL2294695M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Kidnapped?
- About 284 pages: that is the median of 164 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 139 to 496 pages.
- How long does it take to read Kidnapped?
- About 5 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 11 days.
- How many words is Kidnapped?
- Roughly 78,000 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)).