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How many pages is Our Mutual Friend?

Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens has a median of 830 pages across 69 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 779 to 864 pages.

Median pages
830
69 editions counted
Range
374–1,184
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
15h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
228k
at 275 words per page

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Reading time
14 h 38 min
At 30 min a day
30 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.

5001,000180018501900195020001800: 825 pages1865: 857 pages1865: 683 pages1865: 877 pages1868: 780 pages1877: 796 pages1886: 928 pages1886: 930 pages1890: 877 pages1890: 830 pages1895: 788 pages1899: 916 pages1900: 857 pages1900: 525 pages1900: 857 pages1904: 856 pages1907: 779 pages1908: 657 pages1914: 714 pages1921: 932 pages1926: 788 pages1929: 779 pages1936: 850 pages1938: 927 pages1951: 850 pages1951: 850 pages1952: 822 pages1952: 936 pages1953: 779 pages1955: 768 pages1955: 768 pages1955: 788 pages1957: 842 pages1957: 787 pages1959: 822 pages1960: 916 pages1960: 846 pages1963: 772 pages1963: 806 pages1964: 920 pages1964: 916 pages1964: 916 pages1966: 779 pages1967: 822 pages1971: 911 pages1978: 822 pages1978: 857 pages1982: 779 pages1987: 850 pages1988: 912 pages1989: 852 pages1992: 801 pages1994: 832 pages1997: 884 pages1998: 878 pages1998: 832 pages2002: 834 pages2005: 518 pages2005: 828 pages2007: 740 pages2008: 852 pages2011: 822 pages2012: 798 pages2017: 864 pages2020: 1,184 pages2020: 374 pages2021: 660 pages2021: 515 pagesmedian 830
5001,0001800190020001800: 825 pages1865: 857 pages1865: 683 pages1865: 877 pages1868: 780 pages1877: 796 pages1886: 928 pages1886: 930 pages1890: 877 pages1890: 830 pages1895: 788 pages1899: 916 pages1900: 857 pages1900: 525 pages1900: 857 pages1904: 856 pages1907: 779 pages1908: 657 pages1914: 714 pages1921: 932 pages1926: 788 pages1929: 779 pages1936: 850 pages1938: 927 pages1951: 850 pages1951: 850 pages1952: 822 pages1952: 936 pages1953: 779 pages1955: 768 pages1955: 768 pages1955: 788 pages1957: 842 pages1957: 787 pages1959: 822 pages1960: 916 pages1960: 846 pages1963: 772 pages1963: 806 pages1964: 920 pages1964: 916 pages1964: 916 pages1966: 779 pages1967: 822 pages1971: 911 pages1978: 822 pages1978: 857 pages1982: 779 pages1987: 850 pages1988: 912 pages1989: 852 pages1992: 801 pages1994: 832 pages1997: 884 pages1998: 878 pages1998: 832 pages2002: 834 pages2005: 518 pages2005: 828 pages2007: 740 pages2008: 852 pages2011: 822 pages2012: 798 pages2017: 864 pages2020: 1,184 pages2020: 374 pages2021: 660 pages2021: 515 pagesmedian 830
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump). 1 edition without a publication year not plotted.

Editions counted

The 69 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 10 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 318 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2021Independently Published–660OL34263540M
2021Independently Published–515OL34221030M
2020Pan Macmillan–1,184OL28055907M
2020HardPress–374OL30300613M
2017Dover Publications, Incorporated–864OL28624008M
2012Bollinger, Max–798OL34483370M
2011Vintage Books–822OL25143912M
2008Oxford University Press–852OL27111684M

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Questions

How many pages is Our Mutual Friend?
About 830 pages: that is the median of 69 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 374 to 1,184 pages.
How long does it take to read Our Mutual Friend?
About 14 h 38 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 30 days.
How many words is Our Mutual Friend?
Roughly 228,000 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)).