Book · by William Faulkner
How many pages is Light in August?
Light in August by William Faulkner has a median of 480 pages across 28 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 444 to 480 pages.
How long will Light in August take you?
Page count of every edition, by year
Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.
Editions counted
The 28 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 73 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Modern Library | – | 512 | OL3955939M |
| 1991 | Picador in association with Chatto and Windus | – | 381 | OL22396147M |
| 1990 | Vintage Books | – | 512 | OL18302808M |
| 1987 | Vintage Books | – | 565 | OL2739437M |
| 1979 | Franklin Library | – | 434 | OL4128089M |
| 1972 | Vintage | – | 480 | OL7462076M |
| 1972 | Random House | – | 481 | OL32120852M |
| 1972 | Vintage Books | – | 480 | OL19014101M |
| 1968 | Random House | – | 480 | OL26691273M |
| 1968 | Chatto | – | 484 | OL22304638M |
| 1968 | Modern Library | – | 480 | OL15032801M |
| 1968 | Chatto & Windus | – | 480 | OL22328950M |
| 1965 | McGraw-Hill | Paperback | 480 | OL9263137M |
| 1960 | Penguin in association with Chatto & Windus | – | 381 | OL22569959M |
| 1960 | Chatto & Windus | – | 479 | OL20251018M |
| 1960 | Penguin Books | – | 380 | OL22314085M |
| 1959 | Random House | – | 378 | OL22094352M |
| 1959 | Modern Library | – | 480 | OL16229504M |
| 1959 | Random House | – | 480 | OL20930796M |
| 1959 | Modern Library | – | 444 | OL13537332M |
| 1959 | Random House | – | 480 | OL5535986M |
| 1950 | Modern Library | – | 444 | OL6074047M |
| 1947 | New Directions | – | 480 | OL193738M |
| 1933 | Chatto & Windus | – | 480 | OL22738287M |
| 1932 | Chatto & Windus | – | 479 | OL26562467M |
| 1932 | Chatto & Windus | – | 479 | OL26562468M |
| 1932 | H. Smith & R. Haas | – | 480 | OL6279878M |
| 1932 | Random House | – | 378 | OL16074684M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Light in August?
- About 480 pages: that is the median of 28 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 378 to 565 pages.
- How long does it take to read Light in August?
- About 8 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
- How many words is Light in August?
- Roughly 132,000 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)).