Book · by William Shakespeare · first published 1734
How many pages is Much Ado About Nothing?
Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare has a median of 162 pages across 197 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 132 to 201 pages.
Median pages
162
197 editions counted
Range
74–345
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
45k
at 275 words per page
How long will Much Ado About Nothing take you?
Reading time
2 h 51 min
At 30 min a day
6 days
At 1 hour a day
3 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 | 178 | 26 | 3 h 08 min |
| Paperback | 144 | 49 | 2 h 32 min |
| Mass market | 180 | 2 | 3 h 10 min |
Editions counted
The 197 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 30 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 401 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 199 | OL34204243M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 204 | OL34218935M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 156 | OL34260300M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 199 | OL34206700M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 204 | OL34212522M |
| 2021 | Independently Published | – | 160 | OL34263689M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 158 | OL30331590M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 223 | OL30069928M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 163 | OL30265791M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 223 | OL29979320M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 173 | OL30027803M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 223 | OL29979079M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 223 | OL29907442M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 119 | OL29981413M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 205 | OL30331784M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 159 | OL30220940M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 201 | OL30055380M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 158 | OL30345806M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 162 | OL30240654M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 201 | OL30077128M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 223 | OL30049270M |
| 2019 | Pan Macmillan | – | 176 | OL28699636M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 88 | OL29930846M |
| 2019 | HarperCollins Publishers Limited | – | 256 | OL29439109M |
| 2018 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 198 | OL29399460M |
| 2018 | The Arden Shakespeare | paperback | 344 | OL27358505M |
| 2016 | Oxford University Press | – | 256 | OL28590423M |
| 2014 | First Avenue Editions, a division of Lerner Publishing Group | – | 122 | OL31174556M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 126 | OL29781556M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 126 | OL29781231M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 126 | OL29780731M |
| 2014 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 130 | OL29228335M |
| 2011 | Nick Hern Books | – | 94 | OL24978651M |
| 2010 | Full Measure Press | – | 160 | OL25015702M |
| 2010 | Dover Publications, Inc. | – | 166 | OL25008517M |
| 2010 | Oxford University Press | – | 124 | OL25008580M |
| 2009 | Modern Library | Paperback | 178 | OL25008510M |
| 2009 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 174 | OL25562258M |
| 2009 | Palgrave Macmillan Limited | – | 200 | OL28454472M |
| 2008 | Oxford University Press | – | 214 | OL22653562M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 130 | OL11975261M |
| 2007 | FQ Classics | Paperback | 160 | OL12502513M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 144 | OL11975337M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 140 | OL10416587M |
| 2006 | Barnes & Noble | Hardcover | 334 | OL11689384M |
| 2006 | Nick Hern Books | Paperback | 204 | OL8990540M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 176 | OL8962879M |
| 2006 | Echo Library | Paperback | 132 | OL8411212M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 140 | OL10416678M |
| 2006 | Oberon Books | Paperback | 107 | OL8908888M |
| 2006 | AS | Paperback | 345 | OL8768188M |
| 2005 | Arden | Hardcover | 345 | OL8768187M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 144 | OL9902629M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 140 | OL9708324M |
| 2005 | Prestwick House, Inc. | Paperback | 88 | OL8779919M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 156 | OL9429736M |
| 2005 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 304 | OL7951296M |
| 2005 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 209 | OL7748877M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 144 | OL10370393M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 184 | OL7652828M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 152 | OL10370491M |
| 2004 | Kessinger Publishing | Paperback | 152 | OL8471525M |
| 2004 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Turtleback | 246 | OL10943811M |
| 2004 | Oxford University Press | – | 124 | OL3432874M |
| 2004 | Longman | Paperback | 240 | OL7882220M |
| 2004 | SparkNotes | Paperback | 256 | OL8428649M |
| 2003 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 174 | OL3706409M |
| 2003 | University of Cambridge ESOL Examinations | – | 188 | OL28954945M |
| 2002 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 158 | OL7399654M |
| 2001 | Applause | Paperback | 95 | OL3956787M |
| 2000 | Cambridge University Press | Paperback | 188 | OL1453848M |
| 1999 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 98 | OL118257M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 126 | OL6897103M |
| 1998 | Signet Classic | Mass Market Paperback | 240 | OL7577268M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | Paperback | 224 | OL7384037M |
| 1998 | Wordsworth Editions Ltd | Paperback | 144 | OL8978610M |
| 1998 | Arden Shakespeare | Paperback | 237 | OL7381581M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 128 | OL7357216M |
| 1997 | Cambridge University Press | – | 257 | OL1010634M |
| 1996 | Nelson | – | 237 | OL22617226M |
| 1995 | Washington Square Press / Pocket Books | Paperback | 246 | OL281974M |
| 1994 | Routledge | – | 237 | OL2041705M |
| 1994 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 224 | OL7383830M |
| 1994 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 75 | OL1097425M |
| 1993 | Bantam Books | Mass Market Paperback | 120 | OL2393619M |
| 1993 | Clarendon Press | – | 214 | OL1401590M |
| 1990 | Hyperion Books | Hardcover | 196 | OL9856152M |
| 1989 | Van Nostrand Reinhold | – | 265 | OL7481146M |
| 1989 | Macmillan | – | 102 | OL16670882M |
| 1989 | New American Library | – | 186 | OL2065572M |
| 1988 | Cambridge University Press | – | 162 | OL2381612M |
| 1987 | Kaplan Publishing | Paperback | 272 | OL7879197M |
| 1987 | University Press of America | – | 114 | OL2729392M |
| 1986 | Gloucester | Paperback | 100 | OL10634987M |
| 1985 | Krakow | – | 171 | OL15314344M |
| 1981 | Penguin Classics | – | 176 | OL7357277M |
| 1981 | Methuen | Hardcover | 237 | OL3046600M |
| 1979 | Heinemann Educational Books | – | 215 | OL4411365M |
| 1978 | New American Library | – | 160 | OL22595165M |
| 1978 | Clarendon | – | 192 | OL22110656M |
| 1977 | Longman | – | 151 | OL4288385M |
| 1976 | Pan Books | – | 80 | OL19882384M |
| 1971 | Penguin Books | – | 121 | OL5217465M |
| 1970 | Washington Square Press | – | 101 | OL35738855M |
| 1969 | Cambridge U.P. | – | 174 | OL5155777M |
| 1969 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 204 | OL7716758M |
| 1968 | Penguin | – | 174 | OL5512079M |
| 1967 | University of London Press | Hardcover | 191 | OL5570152M |
| 1967 | Airmont Pub. | – | 134 | OL24510348M |
| 1967 | AMS Press | – | 275 | OL16473386M |
| 1967 | Bantam Books | – | 210 | OL5540161M |
| 1967 | Blaisdell Pub. Co. | Paperback | 109 | OL5539127M |
| 1965 | Yale University Press | – | 138 | OL32127233M |
| 1964 | New American Library | – | 160 | OL20935419M |
| 1964 | Washington Square Press | – | 101 | OL5905449M |
| 1964 | Signet Classics | – | 160 | OL7576949M |
| 1963 | Clarendon Press | – | 192 | OL22389165M |
| 1962 | Penguin Books | – | 126 | OL22389157M |
| 1962 | Cambridge University Press | – | 174 | OL20065484M |
| 1962 | University Press | Hardcover | 174 | OL26551852M |
| 1961 | Yale University Press | – | 138 | OL22389159M |
| 1961 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 138 | OL26561898M |
| 1960 | Dell | – | 191 | OL24501307M |
| 1958 | Penguin Books | – | 126 | OL15959873M |
| 1958 | Penguin Classics | – | 132 | OL7357385M |
| 1956 | University Press | Hardcover | 224 | OL26570959M |
| 1956 | Yale University Press | – | 138 | OL32280068M |
| 1955 | Dent | – | 185 | OL22202560M |
| 1954 | Clarendon Press | – | 192 | OL15962511M |
| 1953 | University Press | – | 174 | OL22110129M |
| 1953 | C.U.P | – | 174 | OL22455391M |
| 1950 | Walter H Baker Co | Paperback | 88 | OL10642771M |
| 1948 | F.S. Crofts | – | 78 | OL6029622M |
| 1941 | Ginn and Company | Hardcover | 166 | OL6414804M |
| 1938 | Penguin Books | – | 118 | OL22599763M |
| 1935 | J.M. Dent & sons ltd. | – | 132 | OL6333986M |
| 1933 | American Book Co. | – | 253 | OL15962500M |
| 1929 | Yale University Press | – | 138 | OL15959914M |
| 1929 | Stanford University Press | – | 275 | OL6727866M |
| 1924 | Methuen and Co. | – | 161 | OL22599767M |
| 1923 | The University Press | Hardcover | 224 | OL7052232M |
| 1923 | University Press | – | 174 | OL6657601M |
| 1919 | J.M. Dent and Sons | – | 134 | OL16906646M |
| 1917 | Yale University Press | Hardcover | 138 | OL23719401M |
| 1916 | Walter H. Baker | Paperback | 100 | OL26607373M |
| 1916 | Walter H. Baker & Co. | Paperback | 100 | OL20474922M |
| 1916 | Clarendon Press | Hardcover | 171 | OL25082670M |
| 1916 | W. H. Baker & co. | Paperback | 100 | OL6592360M |
| 1914 | Ginn and Company | – | 139 | OL6570890M |
| 1914 | Ginn and Company | Hardcover | 139 | OL7170772M |
| 1912 | Macmillan | – | 137 | OL6542494M |
| 1910 | Knickerbocker Leather & Novelty Co. | – | 205 | OL24837769M |
| 1909 | Chatto & Windus | – | 77 | OL6545457M |
| 1909 | Dent | – | 134 | OL16906649M |
| 1908 | Duffield & Company | – | 78 | OL32218734M |
| 1907 | D. C. Heath & Co. | Hardcover | 173 | OL25903260M |
| 1907 | T. Y. Crowell & co. | – | 231 | OL6982516M |
| 1906 | J.M. Dent and co., 1906. | – | 134 | OL180978M |
| 1906 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 180 | OL26607356M |
| 1906 | American Book Company | – | 253 | OL25072627M |
| 1906 | American Book Company | – | 179 | OL26607063M |
| 1906 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 180 | OL6972265M |
| 1906 | American Book Company | – | 253 | OL24638285M |
| 1905 | American Book Company | Hardcover | 253 | OL6952753M |
| 1904 | Ginn & company | – | 138 | OL6998278M |
| 1904 | D. Bryce | – | 341 | OL22227732M |
| 1903 | J.M. Dent | – | 134 | OL14494886M |
| 1902 | D. C. Heath & Co. | Hardcover | 173 | OL7130297M |
| 1901 | University Society | Hardcover | 151 | OL23320841M |
| 1900 | French | – | 88 | OL22110313M |
| 1899 | J.M. Dent and Co. | – | 134 | OL25931748M |
| 1898 | The Baker & Taylor co. | Leather Bound | 180 | OL20507511M |
| 1897 | Privately printed for Mr. Daly | – | 75 | OL575985M |
| 1896 | Harper & Brothers | – | 178 | OL26606191M |
| 1895 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 178 | OL7139880M |
| 1895 | J.M. Dent & Co. | – | 157 | OL20478369M |
| 1894 | J.M. Dent | – | 134 | OL25261672M |
| 1891 | Printed at the ChiswickPress | Paperback | 74 | OL20502831M |
| 1891 | Chiswick Press | Paperback | 74 | OL7068135M |
| 1891 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 178 | OL20441178M |
| 1890 | Ginn & Co.,c1890. | – | 138 | OL22110317M |
| 1889 | The Shakespeare Society of New York | – | 207 | OL21246904M |
| 1887 | Chiswick Press | Paperback | 74 | OL20614971M |
| 1886 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 178 | OL26606140M |
| 1884 | F. Norgate | Paperback | 90 | OL7136759M |
| 1883 | Printed at the Chiswick Press | Paperback | 74 | OL23747431M |
| 1882 | Harper & Brothers | – | 178 | OL26606028M |
| 1882 | s.n.] | – | 74 | OL575999M |
| 1881 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 178 | OL7117540M |
| 1881 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 178 | OL26604796M |
| 1880 | Ginn & Heath | – | 138 | OL6639795M |
| 1879 | Harper & Brothers | Hardcover | 178 | OL24175860M |
| 1879 | Ginn & Heath | – | 138 | OL26606020M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & Company | Paperback | 94 | OL24889922M |
| 1878 | Printed, for W. Winter, by F. Hart & Company | Paperback | 94 | OL24817985M |
| 1868 | B. Tauchnitz | Paperback | 74 | OL24607009M |
| 1776 | Printed for J. Rivington ... [and 27 others] | – | 84 | OL597863M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Much Ado About Nothing?
- About 162 pages: that is the median of 197 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 74 to 345 pages.
- How long does it take to read Much Ado About Nothing?
- About 2 h 51 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
- How many words is Much Ado About Nothing?
- Roughly 45,000 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)).