Book · by Charles Dickens · first published 1800
How many pages is Oliver Twist?
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens has a median of 457 pages across 379 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 404 to 530 pages.
Median pages
457
379 editions counted
Range
204–752
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
8.1h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
126k
at 275 words per page
How long will Oliver Twist take you?
Reading time
8 h 03 min
At 30 min a day
17 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.
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 | 415 | 122 | 7 h 19 min |
| Paperback | 493 | 54 | 8 h 41 min |
| Mass market | 496 | 16 | 8 h 45 min |
Editions counted
The 379 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 50 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 2,212 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 577 | OL30363778M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL30336211M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL30334233M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL34204283M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 577 | OL30005783M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL30350304M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 617 | OL30264862M |
| 2020 | HardPress | – | 388 | OL30302220M |
| 2020 | Legend Press | – | 288 | OL29470741M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL34189763M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL30030420M |
| 2020 | Independently Published | – | 397 | OL30222529M |
| 2020 | Flame Tree Publishing | – | 608 | OL28062150M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 525 | OL29815222M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL29867543M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 399 | OL29883187M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 577 | OL29839275M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 528 | OL29952808M |
| 2019 | Independently Published | – | 580 | OL29847051M |
| 2018 | Penguin Random House | – | 464 | OL28640784M |
| 2018 | Arcturus Publishing | Paperback | 428 | OL44173099M |
| 2018 | Scholastic | Paperback | 545 | OL35525444M |
| 2017 | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | – | 434 | OL54759581M |
| 2016 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 457 | OL34069987M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 530 | OL29710917M |
| 2015 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 538 | OL34070012M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 530 | OL29779691M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 530 | OL29781185M |
| 2015 | Quarto Publishing Group USA | – | 500 | OL28556256M |
| 2015 | Simon & Schuster, Limited | – | 624 | OL28551618M |
| 2015 | Lerner Publishing Group | – | 530 | OL29779740M |
| 2014 | Joe Books Inc. | – | 538 | OL34038164M |
| 2014 | Scholastic | – | 352 | OL29237879M |
| 2013 | Bottom of the Hill Publishing | – | 274 | OL28529466M |
| 2013 | Penguin Random House | – | 736 | OL28493677M |
| 2013 | Start Publishing LLC | – | 433 | OL29680830M |
| 2012 | Penguin English Library | Paperback | 531 | OL28477202M |
| 2012 | Trans Atlantic Press | paperback | 527 | OL32564664M |
| 2012 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 554 | OL44970322M |
| 2012 | Lulu Press, Inc. | – | 274 | OL46488239M |
| 2012 | General Books LLC | – | 284 | OL28460541M |
| 2012 | Vintage Books | – | 416 | OL25300987M |
| 2011 | Alma Classics | – | 400 | OL28474162M |
| 2011 | Walker Books | Hardcover | 288 | OL28476213M |
| 2010 | Penguin Random House | – | 496 | OL34444940M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 316 | OL28462394M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 332 | OL28460281M |
| 2010 | Oxford University Press | – | 517 | OL25286923M |
| 2010 | Creative Media Partners, LLC | – | 332 | OL28464501M |
| 2009 | Foulsham Company, Limited, W. | – | 432 | OL29547300M |
| 2009 | Cameron House | – | 224 | OL28457257M |
| 2009 | Kennebec Large Print | Paperback | 695 | OL23153982M |
| 2009 | Penguin Classics | Hardcover | 554 | OL27919745M |
| 2009 | BiblioLife | – | 362 | OL45991436M |
| 2009 | ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited | – | 752 | OL28484304M |
| 2009 | Penguin Random House | – | 512 | OL28442413M |
| 2009 | Worth | Hardcover | 365 | OL30129504M |
| 2008 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 528 | OL28455328M |
| 2008 | Cambridge Scholars Publisher | – | 400 | OL28437338M |
| 2008 | World Books Publishing Corporation | – | 532 | OL27865876M |
| 2007 | Dodo Press | Paperback | 468 | OL11678049M |
| 2007 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 523 | OL37736102M |
| 2007 | Townsend Press | Paperback | 390 | OL31761275M |
| 2007 | Mass Market Paperback | 672 | OL8457315M | |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Paperback | 448 | OL11983588M |
| 2007 | IndyPublish | Hardcover | 448 | OL11983596M |
| 2007 | Vintage Books | Paperback | 415 | OL9983905M |
| 2006 | Knopf Pub. | – | 427 | OL32130464M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Paperback | 448 | OL11828942M |
| 2006 | IndyPublish.com | Hardcover | 448 | OL11828943M |
| 2006 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 482 | OL9093592M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 532 | OL9563511M |
| 2006 | Cengage Heinle | – | 240 | OL28434699M |
| 2006 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 608 | OL28433455M |
| 2006 | ICON Group International, Inc. | Paperback | 538 | OL10416490M |
| 2006 | Nonsuch Publishing | Paperback | 384 | OL11913158M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 540 | OL9795364M |
| 2006 | ICON Reference | Paperback | 532 | OL9782302M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 533 | OL10370417M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 549 | OL10416699M |
| 2005 | Signet Classics | Paperback | 496 | OL26340081M |
| 2005 | Broadview Press | – | 311 | OL3437065M |
| 2005 | Signet Classics | – | 496 | OL3299078M |
| 2005 | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc | – | 504 | OL28431971M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 478 | OL8870220M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble | Hardcover | 421 | OL8014764M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 620 | OL7652677M |
| 2005 | ICON Classics | Paperback | 529 | OL9508720M |
| 2005 | Chamberlain Bros. | Paperback | 512 | OL8884618M |
| 2005 | Dalmatian Press | Paperback | 501 | OL32130463M |
| 2004 | Quiet Vision Pub | Paperback | 466 | OL12238860M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 512 | OL8870234M |
| 2003 | Toby Press LLC, The | – | 560 | OL28738750M |
| 2003 | Collector's Library | Hardcover | 600 | OL8772688M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 554 | OL3702624M |
| 2003 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 525 | OL3695595M |
| 2003 | Longman | Hardcover | 542 | OL10654141M |
| 2003 | Toby Press | – | 511 | OL27107858M |
| 2002 | Penguin Publishing Group | – | 496 | OL28739177M |
| 2002 | Dover Publications | Paperback | 346 | OL3570157M |
| 2002 | Thorndike Press | – | 752 | OL3559372M |
| 2002 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 553 | OL3700116M |
| 2002 | Troll | Paperback | 477 | OL13190386M |
| 2002 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 398 | OL46545447M |
| 2001 | Modern Library | – | 439 | OL3946147M |
| 2000 | Wordsworth Classics | Paperback | 373 | OL8978393M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 528 | OL28426544M |
| 1999 | Konemann | Hardcover | 507 | OL8948052M |
| 1999 | Oxford University Press | – | 480 | OL6804496M |
| 1999 | Trident Press International | – | 438 | OL6805976M |
| 1999 | Trident Reference Publishing | Leather-bound | 464 | OL8788442M |
| 1998 | Oxford University Press | – | 363 | OL472211M |
| 1998 | Softback Preview | – | 509 | OL23129627M |
| 1998 | Tor | Mass Market Paperback | 472 | OL9498681M |
| 1998 | North Books | Hardcover | 482 | OL12286509M |
| 1997 | Book-of-the-Month Club | – | 509 | OL18089627M |
| 1996 | Courage Books | – | 478 | OL819598M |
| 1995 | Orion Publishing Group, Limited | – | 384 | OL28536249M |
| 1995 | BARNES & NOBLE Books | paperback | 380 | OL30941933M |
| 1994 | Books of Wonder | – | 442 | OL1425292M |
| 1994 | Puffin | Paperback | 346 | OL7354078M |
| 1993 | New Windmill Classics | Hardcover | 482 | OL10242844M |
| 1993 | W.W. Norton | – | 611 | OL1730359M |
| 1992 | Alfred A. Knopf | Hardcover | 427 | OL44903266M |
| 1992 | Everyman's Library | Hardcover | 427 | OL8998478M |
| 1992 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 398 | OL46835111M |
| 1992 | BCA | Hardcover | 480 | OL46835120M |
| 1990 | Fabbri Pub. | Hardcover | 341 | OL32130465M |
| 1990 | Random House Books for Young Readers | Paperback | 370 | OL7701539M |
| 1990 | Black Swan | – | 430 | OL17062132M |
| 1988 | Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media | Library Binding | 496 | OL10924585M |
| 1988 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 490 | OL7354667M |
| 1988 | Globe Book Co. | – | 405 | OL1659797M |
| 1987 | Oxford Unversity Press | – | 415 | OL16259700M |
| 1987 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 415 | OL7382200M |
| 1987 | Galley Press | Hardcover | 319 | OL31936942M |
| 1987 | Reader's Digest Association | Hardcover | 398 | OL2745021M |
| 1987 | Reader's Digest | Paperback | 224 | OL11309538M |
| 1985 | Penguin | – | 489 | OL22362271M |
| 1984 | Folio Society | Hardcover | 380 | OL13805817M |
| 1984 | Dodd, Mead | Hardcover | 541 | OL26342839M |
| 1984 | The Folio Society | – | 380 | OL17909839M |
| 1984 | Cathay | – | 279 | OL16756965M |
| 1984 | Longman | – | 447 | OL2085872M |
| 1983 | Watermill Press | Paperback | 477 | OL31887424M |
| 1983 | Penguin Books, Limited | – | 496 | OL30087186M |
| 1983 | Macmillan Education Australia | – | 411 | OL34368652M |
| 1983 | Dent | – | 423 | OL47071567M |
| 1982 | Bantam Books | Paperback | 424 | OL7820311M |
| 1982 | Charnwood | Hardcover | 668 | OL22562283M |
| 1982 | Airmont Books | Paperback | 335 | OL32130468M |
| 1982 | Oxford University Press | – | 363 | OL4270802M |
| 1981 | Bantam | – | 419 | OL15063660M |
| 1980 | Signet Classic | – | 494 | OL22593996M |
| 1980 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL7576670M |
| 1980 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL45724332M |
| 1979 | Guild Publishing | – | 404 | OL20505065M |
| 1979 | Dodd, Mead & Company | hardcover | 541 | OL47313458M |
| 1978 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | Paperback | 444 | OL10277174M |
| 1978 | J M Dent & Sons Ltd | Hardcover | 444 | OL10277166M |
| 1976 | Buccaneer Books | – | 481 | OL17727983M |
| 1975 | Washington Square Press Enriched Classics | Mass Market Paperback | 457 | OL43645196M |
| 1975 | Heinemann Library | School & Library Binding | 450 | OL10688247M |
| 1975 | Washington Square Press | Mass Market Paperback | 457 | OL24215755M |
| 1975 | Pocket Books | – | 457 | OL31888129M |
| 1974 | Clarendon P. | – | 403 | OL17729617M |
| 1974 | Collins | Hardcover | 414 | OL46835053M |
| 1972 | Lancer Books | Mass Market Paperback | 670 | OL45506168M |
| 1970 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 457 | OL43681290M |
| 1970 | Airmont Books | Mass Market Paperback | 335 | OL45577140M |
| 1970 | Distributed by Heron Books | – | 541 | OL4783910M |
| 1969 | Scholastic Book Services | Paperback | 557 | OL45807251M |
| 1969 | Scholastic Book Services | Paperback | 557 | OL46835044M |
| 1969 | Scholastic Book Services | Paperback | 557 | OL43618214M |
| 1969 | Washington Square Press | Library Binding | 457 | OL43012962M |
| 1969 | Penguin | – | 489 | OL23766074M |
| 1969 | Scholastic Inc. | Paperback | 557 | OL46545781M |
| 1969 | Scholastic Book Services | Paperback | 557 | OL24368736M |
| 1968 | Collins | Paperback | 448 | OL45520662M |
| 1968 | Thomas Nelson & Sons | – | 306 | OL50986039M |
| 1968 | International Collectors Library | – | 414 | OL50985921M |
| 1967 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 443 | OL46835055M |
| 1966 | Clarendon Press | – | 403 | OL16022186M |
| 1966 | Clarendon P. | – | 403 | OL17636698M |
| 1966 | Collins | Hardcover | 414 | OL46545030M |
| 1966 | Oxford Unversity Press | – | 415 | OL16529644M |
| 1966 | Clarendon Press | – | 403 | OL23756612M |
| 1966 | Clarendon Press | hardcover | 403 | OL6017951M |
| 1966 | Oxford Univ Pr (Txt) | Hardcover | 470 | OL9792246M |
| 1966 | Fawcett Publications | Paperback | 512 | OL46835090M |
| 1966 | Penguin Books | Paperback | 490 | OL6019070M |
| 1965 | Harper & Row | – | 416 | OL5938071M |
| 1963 | Dent | Hardcover | 423 | OL13646145M |
| 1963 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL43770596M |
| 1962 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | Library Binding | 411 | OL43114172M |
| 1962 | Norton | – | 354 | OL5866924M |
| 1961 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL45784377M |
| 1961 | Washington Square Press, Inc. | – | 482 | OL49670432M |
| 1961 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL46835106M |
| 1961 | Signet Classics | – | 496 | OL7577078M |
| 1961 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL46835107M |
| 1961 | Schofield & Sims | Hardcover | 224 | OL45817866M |
| 1961 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL45836326M |
| 1961 | New American Library | mass market paperback | 496 | OL47307686M |
| 1961 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL46834847M |
| 1961 | New American Library | Mass Market Paperback | 496 | OL13646149M |
| 1961 | Washington Square Press | Paperback | 457 | OL43054561M |
| 1960 | Peebles Press International | – | 412 | OL40237228M |
| 1959 | Oxford University Press | Hardcover | 415 | OL46835121M |
| 1957 | Pocket Books | paperback | 457 | OL45820159M |
| 1957 | Pocket Books | Paperback | 457 | OL43355497M |
| 1957 | Dent | – | 410 | OL20427960M |
| 1956 | Junior Deluxe Editions | Hardcover | 446 | OL6196697M |
| 1954 | Macmillan Company | Hardcover | 615 | OL46835094M |
| 1954 | Collins | Hardcover | 414 | OL45517389M |
| 1953 | Macmillan Company | Library Binding | 615 | OL45634940M |
| 1950 | Blackie | – | 408 | OL21468781M |
| 1949 | International Readers League | Hardcover | 396 | OL45634643M |
| 1949 | International Readers League | Hardcover | 396 | OL46835084M |
| 1949 | Macdonald | – | 494 | OL51481109M |
| 1948 | Pocket Books | – | 312 | OL20226498M |
| 1947 | College entrance book company | – | 335 | OL6511297M |
| 1942 | Garden City publishing co., inc. | – | 414 | OL6447712M |
| 1942 | J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | hardcover | 410 | OL47310981M |
| 1941 | Dodd, Mead & company | Hardcover | 541 | OL17636941M |
| 1940 | Books, Inc. | – | 373 | OL23239479M |
| 1939 | Heritage Press | – | 454 | OL50064672M |
| 1939 | Heritage Press | – | 431 | OL6396734M |
| 1937 | Nonesuch Press | – | 418 | OL22230153M |
| 1936 | Books, Inc. | Hardcover | 380 | OL25128750M |
| 1932 | The Macmillan company | – | 615 | OL6275934M |
| 1931 | J. M. Dent & Sons | Library Binding | 410 | OL42065726M |
| 1926 | Minton, Balch & Co. | – | 414 | OL17639712M |
| 1926 | M.M. Dent | Hardcover | 410 | OL16685268M |
| 1926 | Minton, Balch & Company | – | 414 | OL6694034M |
| 1926 | George G. Harrap & Co. | Hardcover | 396 | OL46545069M |
| 1920 | J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. | hardcover | 410 | OL47313429M |
| 1918 | MacMillan Co. | Hardcover | 472 | OL24132843M |
| 1914 | Chapman & Hall | – | 346 | OL13535651M |
| 1914 | Chapman & Hall, Ltd. | – | 508 | OL40216130M |
| 1912 | Macmillan and co., limited | – | 394 | OL6580289M |
| 1911 | Century Co. | Hardcover | 418 | OL33197008M |
| 1911 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Library Binding | 509 | OL35354082M |
| 1907 | J. M. Dent & co. | – | 410 | OL24655423M |
| 1907 | Dent | – | 410 | OL24528464M |
| 1907 | Dent | – | 410 | OL14559673M |
| 1906 | Chapman and Hall | Library Binding | 532 | OL40225188M |
| 1904 | Gresham Publishing Company | Hardcover | 319 | OL45456579M |
| 1901 | Chapman & Hall | – | 503 | OL53634523M |
| 1900 | Collin's Clear-Type press | Hardcover | 528 | OL24649480M |
| 1900 | Illustrated Editions Co. | – | 481 | OL13568152M |
| 1900 | Merrill & Baker | Hardcover | 506 | OL44585690M |
| 1900 | A.L. Burt | – | 418 | OL17606179M |
| 1898 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Hardcover | 509 | OL39802248M |
| 1898 | Charles Scribner's Sons | Library Binding | 509 | OL24347578M |
| 1897 | Chapman & Hall | Library Binding | 509 | OL26234527M |
| 1897 | D. Appleton and company | Hardcover | 348 | OL26296497M |
| 1897 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 509 | OL40571830M |
| 1894 | Houghton Mifflin Company | – | 440 | OL6581320M |
| 1894 | Houghton, Mifflin and company | Hardcover | 440 | OL20505167M |
| 1881 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 478 | OL40662833M |
| 1874 | Chapman and Hall | – | 204 | OL53728237M |
| 1874 | Thomas Nelson | Hardcover | 506 | OL17727484M |
| 1874 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 504 | OL13922053M |
| 1870 | Peebles Classic Library | Hardcover | 412 | OL45722733M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 380 | OL41714997M |
| 1868 | Books, Inc. | hardcover | 380 | OL45953595M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 380 | OL43402836M |
| 1868 | Books Inc. | Hardcover | 380 | OL45660727M |
| 1868 | Chapman & Hall, Ld. | Hardcover | 509 | OL46835057M |
| 1867 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 258 | OL40216356M |
| 1867 | Ticknor and Fields | Hardcover | 438 | OL44251110M |
| 1867 | Chapman and Hall | – | 258 | OL6277273M |
| 1866 | Ticknor and Fields | Hardcover | 438 | OL44206797M |
| 1862 | Chapman and Hall | – | 438 | OL15512951M |
| 1861 | James G. Gregory Publisher | Hardcover | 300 | OL40227766M |
| 1858 | Ticknor and Fields | – | 463 | OL20475269M |
| 1858 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 438 | OL40215900M |
| 1855 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 291 | OL40215903M |
| 1850 | Chapman and Hall | Hardcover | 291 | OL45013828M |
| 1850 | Lea and Blanchard | Hardcover | 212 | OL40212472M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday Inc. | Hardcover | 404 | OL22452887M |
| 1846 | NELSON DOUBLEDAY, Inc. | Hardcover | 404 | OL43635135M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday | Hardcover | 404 | OL45728790M |
| 1846 | Published for the author by Bradbury & Evans, Whitefriars | – | 311 | OL30109193M |
| 1846 | International Collectors Library | Hardcover | 404 | OL44929026M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday | Hardcover | 404 | OL46835085M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday | Hardcover | 404 | OL45960595M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday, Inc. | Hardcover | 404 | OL43423123M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday | Hardcover | 404 | OL45577123M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday | Hardcover | 404 | OL13810650M |
| 1846 | Nelson Doubleday | Hardcover | 404 | OL14421465M |
| 1843 | Bernhard Tauchnitz | Hardcover | 438 | OL40218481M |
| 1842 | Lea & Blanchard | – | 212 | OL22348614M |
| 1841 | Walter J. Black Inc. | Hardcover | 541 | OL13571149M |
| 1839 | Lea & Blanchard | – | 212 | OL14032266M |
| 1839 | Baudry's European Library | Hardcover | 367 | OL40209165M |
| 1838 | Richard Bentley | – | 331 | OL19644290M |
| 1838 | Richard Bentley | – | 313 | OL19644309M |
| 1838 | Richard Bentley | – | 307 | OL19644347M |
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Questions
- How many pages is Oliver Twist?
- About 457 pages: that is the median of 379 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 204 to 752 pages.
- How long does it take to read Oliver Twist?
- About 8 h 03 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 17 days.
- How many words is Oliver Twist?
- Roughly 126,000 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)).