How long does it take to read La Divina Commedia?

About 8 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.

How many words is La Divina Commedia?

Roughly 138,000 words, estimated from the median page count at 275 words per page. Open Library does not record word counts, so this is an estimate.

Book · by Dante Alighieri · first published 2007

How many pages is La Divina Commedia?

La Divina Commedia by Dante Alighieri has a median of 502 pages across 207 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 443 to 625 pages.

Median pages

502

207 editions counted

Range

231–1,036

shortest to longest edition

Reading time

8.8h

at 260 wpm (fiction average)

Words (est.)

138k

at 275 words per page

How long will La Divina Commedia 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 speed 260 wpm

Page density

Reading time

8 h 51 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.

Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 4 editions without a publication year not plotted.

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	539	8	9 h 30 min
Paperback	534	14	9 h 25 min

Editions counted

The 207 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 17 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 1,339 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

Year	Publisher	Format	Pages	Open Library
2022	Creative Media Partners, LLC	–	548	OL46406646M
2021	Prensa Libertadores	–	352	OL36414231M
2020	Independently Published	–	502	OL30327930M
2020	HardPress	–	438	OL30296976M
2020	Independently Published	–	502	OL29981342M
2020	Independently Published	–	502	OL30349542M
2020	Independently Published	–	502	OL30077321M
2020	Independently Published	–	461	OL30273251M
2019	Independently Published	–	502	OL29959634M
2018	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	236	OL55471897M
2018	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	494	OL55053137M
2018	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	394	OL55264290M
2018	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	418	OL55379110M
2018	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform	–	462	OL55052957M
2017	Dover Publications, Incorporated	–	736	OL28624080M
2013	Printers Row Publishing Group	–	664	OL28505862M
2013	Liveright	–	527	OL26883160M
2013	Harvard University Press	–	988	OL29682159M
2013	Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group	–	625	OL39900309M
2012	Alma Classics	–	541	OL44624890M
2012	Penguin Books, Limited	–	736	OL28483278M
2011	Oneworld Classics	–	416	OL27132237M
2010	Northwestern University Press	–	852	OL24099618M
2010	Indo-European Pub.	–	294	OL39816426M
2008	Oxford University Press	–	741	OL23158818M
2008	Oxford University Press	Paperback	448	OL10132971M
2008	Barnes & Noble	–	693	OL30960976M
2007	Echo Library	Paperback	484	OL11682213M
2007	Book Jungle	Paperback	524	OL12557680M
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Paperback	516	OL11928753M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	704	OL11974849M
2007	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Hardcover	514	OL10521340M
2007	Signature Press	Hardcover	564	OL12203433M
2007	BiblioBazaar	Paperback	586	OL11974801M
2006	Pluramon	–	481	OL23210979M
2006	Chartwell Books	Hardcover	383	OL8103830M
2005	Dodo Press	Paperback	520	OL8776259M
2005	Digireads.com	Paperback	268	OL8490189M
2004	Kessinger Publishing, LLC	Hardcover	436	OL8546244M
2004	Kessinger Publishing	Paperback	604	OL8472772M
2003	Penguin Books	–	432	OL23385171M
2003	Berkley	–	928	OL3565340M
2002	UNESCO	Hardcover	1,036	OL9867469M
2000	Cyber Classics	Paperback	544	OL9306342M
1999	New Promise Inc	Paperback	544	OL9672236M
1998	Oxford University Press, USA	–	752	OL7384099M
1996	Anvil Press Poetry	–	414	OL760933M
1996	Oxford University Press	–	672	OL780855M
1995	Everyman's Library	Hardcover	960	OL7698938M
1995	Everyman's Library	Hardcover	798	OL8998528M
1995	Knopf	–	798	OL18004342M
1994	Everyman	–	448	OL22406918M
1994	Tuttle Publishing	–	320	OL7592720M
1994	E. Mellen Press	–	691	OL1423294M
1993	Oxford University Press	–	741	OL1700324M
1988	Lilian Barber Press	Paperback	656	OL11434394M
1981	B. Blackwell	–	805	OL17842746M
1981	Regnery Gateway	–	688	OL3787424M
1980	Carcanet New Press	–	455	OL4212223M
1980	Grolier Enterprises Corp.	–	428	OL45061109M
1979	Agenda Editions	–	662	OL50309362M
1979	Folio Society	–	555	OL4205135M
1978	Franklin Library	–	409	OL4765735M
1977	Norton	–	602	OL4554527M
1977	Princeton University Press	–	850	OL17988955M
1977	Norton	–	602	OL23276238M
1972	Published for the Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell	–	805	OL5470365M
1972	Published for the Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell	–	805	OL19119941M
1972	Harvard University Press	–	988	OL28942921M
1972	Published for the Shakespeare Head Press, by B. Blackwell	–	805	OL20328952M
1972	Harvard University Press	–	987	OL29183857M
1970	Heron Books	–	470	OL4819920M
1969	H. Küpper vormals G. Bondi	–	231	OL38589863M
1966	Holt, Rinehart and Winston	–	492	OL22188425M
1965	Harvard University Press	–	795	OL13533723M
1965	Published for the Shakespeare Head Press by Basil Blackwell	–	795	OL17939404M
1965	Harvard University Press	–	795	OL17636415M
1965	Harvard University Press	–	795	OL15513193M
1965	Harvard University Press	–	795	OL27792059M
1962	Harcourt Brace College Publishers	–	492	OL7270688M
1962	Penguin	–	400	OL19940110M
1959	Random house	–	625	OL47072180M
1959	Vintage Books	–	625	OL52788683M
1958	Societa editrice internazionale	–	754	OL52749818M
1956	University Press of the University of the South	–	567	OL6218468M
1955	University Press	–	395	OL21921268M
1955	Vintage	–	656	OL7461878M
1955	Penguin Books	–	388	OL22736839M
1955	Harlan Davidson	Paperback	368	OL8179281M
1955	Penguin	–	390	OL18754937M
1955	Bruce Rogers & the Press of A. Colish	–	364	OL6185990M
1954	Rinehart	–	492	OL15058283M
1954	Rinehart	–	492	OL6154051M
1951	Columbia University Press	–	471	OL52795175M
1950	The Modern library	–	625	OL52382662M
1950	Modern Library	–	625	OL6073538M
1950	Modern Library	–	625	OL20935505M
1950	Modern Library	–	625	OL20504312M
1950	Modern library	–	625	OL40253244M
1947	Doubleday & company, inc.	–	475	OL13544686M
1946	Doubleday & company, inc.	–	475	OL6497800M
1944	A. S. Barnes & Co.,inc.	–	625	OL6479343M
1944	Heritage Press	–	491	OL23238942M
1944	The Heritage press	–	491	OL6468522M
1941	Houghton Mifflin company	–	813	OL6416850M
1938	H. Cleaver	–	602	OL6384881M
1935	The Union library association	–	652	OL6319712M
1935	Crown Publishers	–	652	OL44959102M
1935	The Crownpublishers	–	652	OL27794369M
1933	Oxford University Press, H. Milford	–	622	OL15961225M
1933	D.C. Heath and Company	–	1,003	OL6289552M
1933	Oxford University Press	–	622	OL6298386M
1932	Ltd. Editions Club	–	491	OL45021835M
1932	Modern Library	–	601	OL53094344M
1932	Printed [at the Officina Bodoni] for the Limited Editions Cl	–	491	OL4922999M
1932	Modern Library	–	623	OL15500709M
1932	The Modern Library	–	601	OL6283939M
1931	Columbia University Press	Hardcover	471	OL9629005M
1931	The Macmillan company	–	471	OL52407519M
1931	Macmillan	–	471	OL22443984M
1931	J.M. Dent	–	451	OL16676178M
1931	J.M. Dent	–	451	OL26893351M
1930	–	–	511	OL6748134M
1929	Oxford University Press	–	578	OL22609033M
1927	Longmans, Green and co. ltd.	–	399	OL16407908M
1927	Longmans, Green and co. ltd.	–	399	OL22902448M
1927	Longmans, Green and co.	–	400	OL19182380M
1923	Oxford University Press	–	578	OL21166154M
1921	World book company	–	449	OL14005023M
1921	Humphrey Milford, Oxford University Press	–	578	OL16533461M
1921	Oxford University Press	–	578	OL21200985M
1921	World book company	–	449	OL13533725M
1920	–	–	393	OL7105779M
1916	Humphrey Milford	–	578	OL22451108M
1916	Yale University Press	–	443	OL24130002M
1916	Yale university press	–	443	OL25578325M
1916	Yale University Press	–	443	OL14016259M
1915	Yale University Press	–	443	OL7221754M
1914	G. Bell and sons, ltd.	–	515	OL6692191M
1913	H. Frowde	–	578	OL21188958M
1913	J.M. Dent	–	451	OL52749825M
1911	Henry Frowde	–	525	OL21720898M
1910	H. Frowde	–	578	OL2438985M
1910	Oxford University Press	–	578	OL7076568M
1910	H. Frowde	–	578	OL6529849M
1909	P.F. Collier	–	429	OL23295789M
1909	Dent	–	451	OL15463871M
1909	Collier & Son	–	429	OL21143309M
1909	P. F. Collier	–	428	OL13439557M
1904	Clarendon press	–	447	OL6954169M
1904	J. Parker	–	466	OL7226791M
1904	Clarendon Press	–	448	OL24434496M
1902	G. Routledge	–	320	OL22507476M
1901	Collier	–	423	OL17639372M
1901	Collier	–	423	OL24785940M
1901	Colonial Press	–	423	OL24734310M
1901	The Colonial press	–	423	OL6906604M
1901	Colonial Press	–	423	OL24433199M
1900	G. Bell & Sons	–	460	OL6918555M
1900	T.Y. Crowell	–	452	OL14047589M
1900	Penguin Books	–	400	OL5246563M
1899	Duckworth	–	673	OL18423561M
1899	Isbister	–	237	OL22245520M
1897	Crowell	–	476	OL15058298M
1897	Crowell	–	476	OL24598495M
1897	Crowell	–	476	OL24772997M
1897	T. Y. Crowell & company	–	476	OL6550304M
1895	Houghton, Mifflin and company	–	760	OL6940962M
1895	Houghton, Mifflin	–	760	OL28655996M
1894	F. Warne	–	434	OL20709441M
1894	F. Warne	–	496	OL7120123M
1893	Swan, Sonnenschein	–	247	OL44999093M
1893	Houghton, Mifflin	–	353	OL14005022M
1892	Macmillan	–	411	OL15500549M
1891	W. W. Gibbings	–	496	OL14047587M
1888	Bell	–	543	OL15079049M
1887	Routledge	–	339	OL24626189M
1887	K. Paul, Trench and Co.	–	641	OL2430875M
1887	K. Paul, Trench and co.	–	641	OL16407903M
1885	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	390	OL6584382M
1885	Longmans, Green, and co.	–	390	OL7121322M
1885	Houghton, Mifflin and Company	–	760	OL50494402M
1884	D. Douglas	–	277	OL6936194M
1883	Warne	–	434	OL20423751M
1881	Thomas Y. Crowell	–	451	OL14047588M
1880	Belford, Clarke & Co.	–	452	OL6890355M
1875	G. Routledge	–	760	OL53729062M
1871	J.R. Osgood & company	–	760	OL6584076M
1871	F. Warne & Co.	–	434	OL22111097M
1867	Houghton, Mifflin and company	–	760	OL7087212M
1867	George Routledge	–	489	OL22357189M
1864	Bell & Daldy ...	–	543	OL22465981M
1856	D. Appleton	–	587	OL15240174M
1850	H. G. Bohn	–	543	OL17267381M
1850	Printed for the author by W. Blackwood and sons	–	482	OL6584377M
1847	Bohn	–	543	OL19801215M
1844	Frederick Warne	–	496	OL13711913M
1844	H. G. Bohn	–	543	OL22144442M
1844	Hurst	–	600	OL15500732M
1844	R. Worthington	–	600	OL16598694M
1814	Belford, Clarke	–	452	OL17865360M
1814	Warne	–	434	OL14889781M
1806	T. Masi	–	414	OL20512520M
–	Burt	–	500	OL26418926M
–	Harvard University Press	Paperback	838	OL11125364M
–	Thomas Y. Crowell & Co.	–	452	OL18715233M
–	Penguin	–	400	OL20871949M

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All 3 books by Dante Alighieri with page counts

Questions

How many pages is La Divina Commedia?: About 502 pages: that is the median of 207 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 231 to 1,036 pages.
How long does it take to read La Divina Commedia?: About 8 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 18 days.
How many words is La Divina Commedia?: Roughly 138,000 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)).