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Book · by George Eliot · first published 1999

How many pages is Middlemarch?

Middlemarch by George Eliot has a median of 795 pages across 107 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 655 to 880 pages.

Median pages
795
107 editions counted
Range
364–1,022
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
14h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
219k
at 275 words per page

How long will Middlemarch 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
14 h 01 min
At 30 min a day
29 days
At 1 hour a day
15 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

5007501,000180018501900195020001800: 569 pages1800: 841 pages1872: 410 pages1874: 621 pages1881: 761 pages1881: 621 pages1887: 738 pages1890: 738 pages1911: 668 pages1930: 364 pages1930: 364 pages1947: 896 pages1950: 795 pages1950: 795 pages1956: 613 pages1956: 613 pages1956: 642 pages1961: 918 pages1962: 795 pages1962: 795 pages1963: 816 pages1963: 816 pages1964: 832 pages1964: 832 pages1964: 832 pages1964: 827 pages1965: 908 pages1965: 908 pages1965: 912 pages1967: 916 pages1967: 795 pages1968: 642 pages1973: 908 pages1973: 775 pages1976: 482 pages1977: 770 pages1981: 827 pages1984: 795 pages1984: 795 pages1985: 908 pages1985: 795 pages1985: 816 pages1985: 912 pages1986: 825 pages1988: 708 pages1991: 743 pages1991: 888 pages1992: 799 pages1994: 688 pages1994: 799 pages1994: 852 pages1997: 813 pages1997: 849 pages1997: 880 pages1998: 898 pages1998: 736 pages1999: 688 pages1999: 924 pages2000: 827 pages2000: 678 pages2001: 980 pages2001: 851 pages2003: 396 pages2003: 892 pages2003: 810 pages2003: 896 pages2003: 880 pages2003: 848 pages2003: 420 pages2004: 739 pages2004: 564 pages2006: 556 pages2006: 456 pages2006: 678 pages2006: 480 pages2006: 548 pages2006: 768 pages2006: 764 pages2006: 468 pages2007: 912 pages2007: 442 pages2007: 492 pages2007: 426 pages2007: 468 pages2008: 888 pages2008: 904 pages2010: 761 pages2012: 934 pages2015: 800 pages2016: 1,000 pages2016: 517 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 752 pages2019: 864 pages2020: 798 pages2020: 822 pages2021: 928 pages2021: 681 pages2021: 976 pages2021: 584 pages2021: 752 pages2022: 388 pagesmedian 795
5007501,0001800190020001800: 569 pages1800: 841 pages1872: 410 pages1874: 621 pages1881: 761 pages1881: 621 pages1887: 738 pages1890: 738 pages1911: 668 pages1930: 364 pages1930: 364 pages1947: 896 pages1950: 795 pages1950: 795 pages1956: 613 pages1956: 613 pages1956: 642 pages1961: 918 pages1962: 795 pages1962: 795 pages1963: 816 pages1963: 816 pages1964: 832 pages1964: 832 pages1964: 832 pages1964: 827 pages1965: 908 pages1965: 908 pages1965: 912 pages1967: 916 pages1967: 795 pages1968: 642 pages1973: 908 pages1973: 775 pages1976: 482 pages1977: 770 pages1981: 827 pages1984: 795 pages1984: 795 pages1985: 908 pages1985: 795 pages1985: 816 pages1985: 912 pages1986: 825 pages1988: 708 pages1991: 743 pages1991: 888 pages1992: 799 pages1994: 688 pages1994: 799 pages1994: 852 pages1997: 813 pages1997: 849 pages1997: 880 pages1998: 898 pages1998: 736 pages1999: 688 pages1999: 924 pages2000: 827 pages2000: 678 pages2001: 980 pages2001: 851 pages2003: 396 pages2003: 892 pages2003: 810 pages2003: 896 pages2003: 880 pages2003: 848 pages2003: 420 pages2004: 739 pages2004: 564 pages2006: 556 pages2006: 456 pages2006: 678 pages2006: 480 pages2006: 548 pages2006: 768 pages2006: 764 pages2006: 468 pages2007: 912 pages2007: 442 pages2007: 492 pages2007: 426 pages2007: 468 pages2008: 888 pages2008: 904 pages2010: 761 pages2012: 934 pages2015: 800 pages2016: 1,000 pages2016: 517 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 1,022 pages2017: 752 pages2019: 864 pages2020: 798 pages2020: 822 pages2021: 928 pages2021: 681 pages2021: 976 pages2021: 584 pages2021: 752 pages2022: 388 pagesmedian 795
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 2 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.

FormatMedian pagesEditionsReading time
Hardcover840414 h 48 min
Paperback520189 h 10 min

Editions counted

The 107 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 8 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 330 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2022Creative Media Partners, LLC–388OL46251831M
2021Penguin Random House–928OL33910229M
2021Independently Published–681OL34280958M
2021HarperCollins Publishers Limited–976OL33942255M
2021Independently Published–584OL34247552M
2021Restless Books–752OL34187838M
2020West Margin Press–798OL34162783M
2020HardPress–822OL30301313M

Questions

How many pages is Middlemarch?
About 795 pages: that is the median of 107 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 364 to 1,022 pages.
How long does it take to read Middlemarch?
About 14 h 01 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 29 days.
How many words is Middlemarch?
Roughly 219,000 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)).