Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1963
How many pages is King Lear?
King Lear by William Shakespeare has a median of 220 pages across 377 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 170 to 274 pages.
Median pages
220
377 editions counted
Range
95–457
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
4.2h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
60k
at 275 words per page
How long will King Lear take you?
Reading time
4 h 14 min
At 30 min a day
9 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.
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 | 318 | 10 | 6 h 07 min |
| Paperback | 202 | 35 | 3 h 53 min |
Editions counted
The 377 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 67 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 1,615 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Filiquarian | Paperback | 212 | OL12502518M |
| 2007 | Sourcebooks MediaFusion | Paperback | 384 | OL8373628M |
| 2007 | TheComic.com | Paperback | 128 | OL12216863M |
| 2007 | Barnes & Noble | Hardcover | 397 | OL11689387M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 190 | OL11975346M |
| 2007 | Yale University Press | Paperback | 256 | OL9569947M |
| 2006 | Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers | Paperback | 148 | OL8756668M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 188 | OL10416583M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 192 | OL10370390M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 188 | OL10416674M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 218 | OL10416467M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 192 | OL10370627M |
| 2006 | Icon Reference | Paperback | 240 | OL7652823M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 190 | OL10370599M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 202 | OL10370487M |
| 2005 | Nick Hern Books | Paperback | 276 | OL8990403M |
| 2005 | CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS | – | 332 | OL22632714M |
| 2005 | Riverhead Books | – | 181 | OL3422530M |
| 2005 | Washington Square Press | – | 316 | OL20641835M |
| 2005 | Penguin Books Ltd | – | 368 | OL7358318M |
| 2005 | Pearson/Longman | – | 264 | OL3307547M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 334 | OL7766497M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 334 | OL7748532M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 176 | OL9517786M |
| 2004 | Longman | Paperback | 288 | OL9319584M |
| 2004 | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company | – | 240 | OL29673062M |
| 2004 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 384 | OL7951203M |
| 2004 | NICK HERN | – | 276 | OL22610813M |
| 2004 | Full Measure Press | – | 189 | OL3315445M |
| 2004 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Turtleback | 316 | OL10943822M |
| 2003 | Thomson Learning | – | 437 | OL22591791M |
| 2003 | SparkNotes | Paperback | 320 | OL8821551M |
| 2003 | SparkNotes | Hardcover | 320 | OL9787473M |
| 2003 | Prestwick House | Paperback | 288 | OL8779922M |
| 2003 | SparkNotes | – | 311 | OL3672701M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 136 | OL11644643M |
| 2002 | Oxford University Press | – | 162 | OL3703355M |
| 2002 | Harcourt Canada, Limited | – | 327 | OL28426093M |
| 2002 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 136 | OL11644642M |
| 2002 | Washington Square Press | Hardcover | 316 | OL7950342M |
| 2001 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 336 | OL7384371M |
| 2000 | Clarendon Press | – | 321 | OL6783455M |
| 2000 | Oxford University | – | 336 | OL58922401M |
| 2000 | Cliffs Notes | Paperback | 240 | OL8051883M |
| 2000 | Thomson Learning | – | 437 | OL22424967M |
| 2000 | Applause Books | Paperback | 134 | OL8602237M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | – | 270 | OL6806562M |
| 2000 | Applause Books | Paperback | 240 | OL8602038M |
| 1999 | Tandem Library | – | 275 | OL7588202M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 142 | OL6887186M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | – | 142 | OL32250330M |
| 1998 | Signet Classics | – | 352 | OL7577275M |
| 1998 | Signet Classic | – | 275 | OL22155402M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 160 | OL7357087M |
| 1998 | Anchor Bay Entertainment | Hardcover | 145 | OL10930717M |
| 1997 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 176 | OL8978470M |
| 1997 | Arden | Paperback | 455 | OL8768172M |
| 1997 | Arden | Hardcover | 455 | OL8768171M |
| 1997 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 155 | OL7747289M |
| 1997 | Thomas Nelson Publishers | Hardcover | 455 | OL10124556M |
| 1997 | Thomas Nelson Publishers | – | 455 | OL7381564M |
| 1996 | Oxford University Press | – | 210 | OL28735560M |
| 1996 | Cambridge University Press | – | 236 | OL629421M |
| 1996 | Northcote House Publishers | Paperback | 96 | OL7959044M |
| 1996 | Applause Books | – | 220 | OL1098228M |
| 1995 | Prentice Hall Trade | Paperback | 176 | OL10087305M |
| 1995 | Prentice Hall, Harvester Wheatsheaf | – | 164 | OL19757108M |
| 1995 | Trans-Atlantic Publications | Paperback | 320 | OL7964493M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 167 | OL7399637M |
| 1994 | Dover Publications | – | 118 | OL1429709M |
| 1994 | Cambridge University Press | – | 141 | OL1393845M |
| 1993 | J.M. Dent | – | 270 | OL1157529M |
| 1993 | Addison-Wesley | Paperback | 448 | OL7879727M |
| 1993 | Washington Square Press | – | 316 | OL1044206M |
| 1993 | Longman | – | 314 | OL1735678M |
| 1992 | Cambridge University Press | – | 313 | OL1537494M |
| 1992 | St. Martin's Press | Hardcover | 189 | OL9722534M |
| 1992 | St. Martin's Press | – | 189 | OL1714762M |
| 1991 | W. Drodze | – | 189 | OL15315111M |
| 1990 | Wadsworth Publishing Company | – | 304 | OL7381568M |
| 1990 | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Canada | – | 327 | OL18534016M |
| 1990 | Haynes Publications | – | 246 | OL7482297M |
| 1990 | Hyperion Books | Hardcover | 225 | OL9414302M |
| 1990 | Stanley Thornes | – | 314 | OL22456522M |
| 1989 | University of California Press | – | 149 | OL2057902M |
| 1989 | Routledge | – | 246 | OL22632161M |
| 1988 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Turtleback | 299 | OL10944073M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | – | 182 | OL24848936M |
| 1988 | Bantam Books | – | 182 | OL2394465M |
| 1987 | Bristol Classical Press | – | 247 | OL2473686M |
| 1987 | Penguin | – | 318 | OL18319160M |
| 1987 | New American Library | – | 318 | OL22112738M |
| 1987 | Perfection Learning | Paperback | 368 | OL9618881M |
| 1986 | Barron's | – | 314 | OL2541628M |
| 1986 | Theodore Press | – | 134 | OL2422576M |
| 1986 | Hutchinson | – | 314 | OL22437329M |
| 1986 | Theodore Press | – | 134 | OL52754855M |
| 1986 | Monarch Press | Paperback | 124 | OL7644157M |
| 1985 | Philipp Reclam jun. Stuttgart | Taschenbuch | 271 | OL32183509M |
| 1984 | Dell Books | – | 252 | OL24508393M |
| 1984 | University Press of America | – | 151 | OL2852993M |
| 1984 | Workman Pub. | – | 139 | OL3185232M |
| 1983 | British Broadcasting Corp. | – | 144 | OL32112810M |
| 1982 | Sydney University Press | – | 162 | OL21405596M |
| 1980 | HBJ College & School Division | – | 194 | OL58898662M |
| 1978 | Clarendon | – | 256 | OL22076454M |
| 1978 | R. West | – | 425 | OL4721460M |
| 1977 | Norwood Editions | – | 425 | OL4541546M |
| 1976 | la Comédie de Saint-Étienne | – | 114 | OL4452820M |
| 1976 | E. Arnold | – | 111 | OL21347568M |
| 1976 | Beacon Press | – | 162 | OL5208907M |
| 1976 | Folcroft Library Editions | – | 425 | OL4895949M |
| 1975 | Methuen | – | 242 | OL22030116M |
| 1975 | Edward Arnold | Unknown Binding | 111 | OL9540074M |
| 1975 | Edward Arnold | – | 111 | OL4603970M |
| 1975 | Macmillan | – | 261 | OL4926695M |
| 1975 | University of Nebraska Press | – | 111 | OL5072677M |
| 1974 | Longman | – | 212 | OL4928872M |
| 1973 | Bobbs-Merrill Co. | – | 239 | OL5318076M |
| 1973 | Bobbs-Merrill Co | Paperback | 239 | OL11079235M |
| 1973 | Oliver and Boyd | – | 192 | OL5252586M |
| 1972 | Penguin | – | 344 | OL5451024M |
| 1972 | Penguin | – | 344 | OL19250327M |
| 1972 | Van Nostrand Reinhold | – | 310 | OL7481140M |
| 1972 | Penguin Books | – | 344 | OL32799067M |
| 1972 | Methuen | – | 242 | OL22340770M |
| 1970 | – | – | 235 | OL44916644M |
| 1970 | Penguin Books | – | 175 | OL5217466M |
| 1970 | Folcroft Press | – | 425 | OL5337280M |
| 1970 | Crowell | – | 235 | OL5681896M |
| 1970 | Ginn | – | 95 | OL5735124M |
| 1968 | Xerox College | – | 147 | OL32148484M |
| 1968 | Cambridge U.P. | – | 300 | OL5672617M |
| 1968 | Xerox College Publishing | – | 178 | OL47829605M |
| 1967 | French | – | 216 | OL13747931M |
| 1967 | Blaisdell Pub. Co | – | 147 | OL21628431M |
| 1967 | Blaisdell Pub. Co. | – | 147 | OL5998052M |
| 1967 | French | – | 216 | OL4932305M |
| 1967 | Bigelow, Smith & Co. | – | 274 | OL58548275M |
| 1967 | Stanwix House | – | 307 | OL5858279M |
| 1966 | Methuen | – | 260 | OL5157548M |
| 1965 | Gallimard | – | 285 | OL5999950M |
| 1965 | Clarendon Press | – | 256 | OL15957791M |
| 1965 | Shakespeare Recording Society | – | 117 | OL28041724M |
| 1965 | Samuel French Inc | – | 242 | OL58898599M |
| 1964 | BANTAM BOOKS | – | 274 | OL58898611M |
| 1964 | Random House | – | 260 | OL5906708M |
| 1964 | Methuen Publishing Ltd | – | 324 | OL7498575M |
| 1964 | Bantam Books | – | 256 | OL5910589M |
| 1964 | Random House/Arden | – | 326 | OL49666381M |
| 1964 | Methuen | – | 260 | OL22353707M |
| 1964 | Longmans Canada | – | 250 | OL4416940M |
| 1963 | Yale University Press | – | 202 | OL32147464M |
| 1963 | Yale University Press | – | 202 | OL23770610M |
| 1963 | Methuen | – | 260 | OL15957841M |
| 1963 | Methuen | – | 260 | OL26911776M |
| 1963 | New American Library | – | 287 | OL24948449M |
| 1963 | – | – | 290 | OL58647589M |
| 1963 | Yale University Press | – | 202 | OL16791276M |
| 1963 | Methuen | – | 260 | OL22388991M |
| 1963 | New American Library | – | 287 | OL21079317M |
| 1962 | University Press | – | 300 | OL15957665M |
| 1962 | Odyssey Press | – | 239 | OL5857065M |
| 1962 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 186 | OL5853338M |
| 1962 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 186 | OL24868369M |
| 1962 | Harcourt, Brace & World | – | 186 | OL22388987M |
| 1962 | Macmillan | – | 277 | OL22388982M |
| 1961 | Methuen | – | 259 | OL15957828M |
| 1961 | Methuen | – | 259 | OL22202716M |
| 1961 | University Press | – | 145 | OL5842487M |
| 1960 | University Press | – | 300 | OL15957636M |
| 1960 | University Press | – | 300 | OL5791988M |
| 1960 | Dell Pub. Co. | – | 252 | OL5816484M |
| 1959 | Harvard University Press | – | 328 | OL58565350M |
| 1959 | Methuen | – | 258 | OL13534973M |
| 1959 | Harvard University Press | – | 258 | OL44916822M |
| 1959 | University Press | – | 261 | OL15957915M |
| 1959 | Grabhorn Press | – | 103 | OL16357731M |
| 1958 | Pelican | – | 194 | OL58701807M |
| 1958 | Penguin Books | – | 180 | OL6245777M |
| 1958 | Penguin Books | – | 180 | OL15957702M |
| 1958 | Penguin Classics | – | 176 | OL7357387M |
| 1957 | – | – | 125 | OL26643601M |
| 1957 | Washington Square Press | – | 125 | OL26339579M |
| 1957 | Clarendon Press | – | 256 | OL6239984M |
| 1957 | Pocket Books | – | 250 | OL21593115M |
| 1957 | Washington Square Press | – | 125 | OL24369887M |
| 1957 | Washington Square Press | – | 326 | OL58726317M |
| 1957 | Methuen | – | 326 | OL58898630M |
| 1956 | Yale University Press | – | 214 | OL49651078M |
| 1956 | Folio Society | – | 131 | OL17780624M |
| 1956 | Yale University Press | – | 202 | OL23339453M |
| 1956 | Folio Society | – | 131 | OL211462M |
| 1956 | Yale University Press | – | 202 | OL16212266M |
| 1952 | Methuen | – | 260 | OL13675485M |
| 1952 | Harvard Univ. | – | 256 | OL22346238M |
| 1952 | Methuen | – | 256 | OL15957819M |
| 1949 | Penguin Books | – | 160 | OL19754888M |
| 1949 | Blackwell | – | 425 | OL16733807M |
| 1949 | Blackwell | – | 425 | OL17364579M |
| 1949 | B. Blackwell | – | 425 | OL43766313M |
| 1949 | B. Blackwell | – | 425 | OL6046202M |
| 1947 | Yale university press | – | 202 | OL19846605M |
| 1947 | Yale University Press | – | 202 | OL15957857M |
| 1947 | Yale university press | – | 202 | OL6512920M |
| 1940 | Ginn and company | – | 258 | OL59082286M |
| 1940 | Ginn and Company | – | 264 | OL6411280M |
| 1940 | Ginn | – | 256 | OL48015741M |
| 1937 | Penguin Books Ltd. | – | 151 | OL59584487M |
| 1937 | Penguin Books | – | 151 | OL20105162M |
| 1935 | J. M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | – | 150 | OL58898604M |
| 1935 | J.M. Dent & sons, ltd. | – | 171 | OL6321610M |
| 1935 | Macmillan | – | 181 | OL19664489M |
| 1935 | J. M. Dent & Sons | – | 150 | OL58898608M |
| 1931 | Printed at the Chiswick press and pub. by Faber & Faber | – | 309 | OL6277553M |
| 1931 | University Press | – | 260 | OL15957898M |
| 1927 | Methuen | – | 250 | OL17624400M |
| 1927 | [Ernest Benn] | – | 108 | OL2916958M |
| 1927 | Methuen | – | 250 | OL15957608M |
| 1926 | Macmillan | – | 277 | OL15957618M |
| 1922 | American Book Co. | – | 267 | OL45220398M |
| 1922 | Commercial Press | – | 385 | OL60651703M |
| 1920 | E.P. Dutton | – | 191 | OL54533211M |
| 1919 | Macmillan co. | – | 257 | OL59849932M |
| 1917 | Yale University Press | – | 154 | OL6603707M |
| 1917 | D.C. Heath & Co. | – | 218 | OL24817304M |
| 1917 | D.C. Heath & Co. | – | 218 | OL24760242M |
| 1917 | D.C. Heath & Co. | – | 218 | OL6601479M |
| 1917 | – | – | 200 | OL13900272M |
| 1917 | Yale University Press | – | 170 | OL46954215M |
| 1917 | Heath | – | 218 | OL15957883M |
| 1917 | D. C. Heath | – | 218 | OL24831854M |
| 1915 | Methuen | – | 249 | OL60467721M |
| 1914 | MacMillan Co. | – | 257 | OL24132415M |
| 1913 | J. M. Dent | – | 188 | OL59173515M |
| 1912 | The Macmillan company | – | 195 | OL6542736M |
| 1911 | Ginn and company | – | 191 | OL6535852M |
| 1911 | Ginn | – | 191 | OL7181121M |
| 1909 | Houghton Mifflin company | – | 166 | OL7006261M |
| 1909 | Grosset | – | 208 | OL13571627M |
| 1908 | University Press | – | 260 | OL58479354M |
| 1908 | J. M. Dent | – | 189 | OL59616630M |
| 1908 | American Book Co. | – | 304 | OL15079393M |
| 1908 | American Book Co. | – | 304 | OL20938304M |
| 1908 | American book company | – | 267 | OL24760270M |
| 1908 | American book company | – | 267 | OL24817435M |
| 1908 | American book company | – | 267 | OL6998731M |
| 1908 | American book company | – | 267 | OL24713162M |
| 1907 | The Macmillan company | – | 257 | OL6989456M |
| 1906 | Houghton Mifflin | – | 170 | OL58645807M |
| 1906 | Gresham Publishing | – | 151 | OL22640323M |
| 1906 | J.M. Dent | – | 188 | OL18581711M |
| 1905 | Crane & company | – | 162 | OL23719423M |
| 1905 | Bowen-Merrill Co. | – | 249 | OL24172715M |
| 1905 | Crowell | – | 292 | OL6963243M |
| 1904 | Roycroft | – | 147 | OL17729893M |
| 1904 | Roycroft Shop | – | 147 | OL17909197M |
| 1904 | Anthony Treherne | – | 399 | OL6685532M |
| 1904 | David Bryce and Son | – | 457 | OL53065284M |
| 1904 | Roycroft Shop | – | 147 | OL17639875M |
| 1903 | J.M. Dent | – | 188 | OL18433738M |
| 1903 | American Book Co. | – | 304 | OL6933836M |
| 1903 | American Book Co. | – | 218 | OL26440162M |
| 1902 | Heath | – | 174 | OL45182917M |
| 1901 | University Society | – | 207 | OL23308052M |
| 1901 | J. M. Dent | – | 188 | OL60417771M |
| 1901 | Methuen | – | 249 | OL58357338M |
| 1901 | Methuen | – | 249 | OL15957574M |
| 1900 | D.C. Heath | – | 174 | OL24605359M |
| 1900 | Printed at the Chiswick Press and published by Faber & Faber | – | 309 | OL21253616M |
| 1900 | Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty | – | 284 | OL60804046M |
| 1900 | The Bowen-Merrill co. | – | 249 | OL58425528M |
| 1898 | J.M. Dent | – | 189 | OL25931523M |
| 1897 | Blackie | – | 214 | OL7164866M |
| 1895 | J. M. Dent | – | 188 | OL59922581M |
| 1895 | J.M. Dent | – | 188 | OL25261664M |
| 1893 | TheClarendon press | – | 200 | OL21347735M |
| 1893 | G.P. Putnam's sons | – | 220 | OL44949053M |
| 1892 | Elwert | – | 178 | OL14137755M |
| 1891 | Macmillan | – | 224 | OL20225391M |
| 1890 | Harper & Brothers | – | 267 | OL60804073M |
| 1890 | The Shakespeare Society of New York | – | 211 | OL21246960M |
| 1889 | Bowen-Merrill | – | 249 | OL43766290M |
| 1883 | Harper & brothers | – | 311 | OL20560539M |
| 1883 | Harper & brothers | – | 267 | OL53105479M |
| 1882 | Clark & Maynard | – | 191 | OL6552576M |
| 1880 | Harper & brothers | – | 267 | OL24128991M |
| 1880 | Harper & brothers | – | 267 | OL24170321M |
| 1880 | Ginn | – | 231 | OL59866550M |
| 1880 | Harper & brothers | – | 267 | OL14688743M |
| 1879 | Ginn & Heath | – | 231 | OL15054154M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & Co. | – | 119 | OL24819253M |
| 1878 | Printed for William Winter, by F. Hart | – | 119 | OL18582016M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & Co. | – | 119 | OL24733736M |
| 1877 | Clarendon Press | – | 200 | OL59741231M |
| 1875 | Clarendon Press | – | 200 | OL20889233M |
| 1875 | Clarendon Press | – | 200 | OL58069623M |
| 1788 | J. Bell | – | 152 | OL17322128M |
| 1770 | Printed by W. and J . Richardson, and sold by B. White | – | 98 | OL20612043M |
| 1770 | Printed by W. and J. Richardson | – | 194 | OL26238737M |
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Questions
- How many pages is King Lear?
- About 220 pages: that is the median of 377 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 95 to 457 pages.
- How long does it take to read King Lear?
- About 4 h 14 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 9 days.
- How many words is King Lear?
- Roughly 60,000 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)).