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Book · by Simone de Beauvoir · first published 2005

How many pages is Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter?

Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir has a median of 366 pages across 18 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 365 to 378 pages.

Median pages
366
18 editions counted
Range
354–502
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.5h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
101k
at 275 words per page

How long will Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter 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 time
6 h 28 min
At 30 min a day
13 days
At 1 hour a day
7 days

Page count of every edition, by year

Each dot is one English-language print edition. Shaded: middle half of editions. Line: median.

350400450500196019701980199020001959: 354 pages1959: 390 pages1959: 382 pages1959: 390 pages1963: 365 pages1963: 365 pages1970: 365 pages1972: 502 pages1972: 365 pages1974: 365 pages1974: 365 pages1984: 365 pages2002: 368 pages2005: 384 pages2005: 368 pagesmedian 366
3504004505001960198020001959: 354 pages1959: 390 pages1959: 382 pages1959: 390 pages1963: 365 pages1963: 365 pages1970: 365 pages1972: 502 pages1972: 365 pages1974: 365 pages1974: 365 pages1984: 365 pages2002: 368 pages2005: 384 pages2005: 368 pagesmedian 366
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 3 editions without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 18 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 72 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2005Harper Perennial Modern ClassicsPaperback384OL9237228M
2005Harper PerennialPaperback368OL9238625M
2002Penguin Books, Limited–368OL28425471M
1984Penguin–365OL21122931M
1974Harper & Row–365OL23363841M
1974Harper & Row–365OL16570763M
1972Schoenhof Foreign BooksPaperback502OL8838038M
1972Penguin Books–365OL58529169M

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Questions

How many pages is Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter?
About 366 pages: that is the median of 18 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 354 to 502 pages.
How long does it take to read Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter?
About 6 h 28 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 13 days.
How many words is Memoirs of a Dutiful Daughter?
Roughly 101,000 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)).