Book · by John Milton
How many pages is Paradise Lost?
Paradise Lost by John Milton has a median of 350 pages across 134 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 311 to 420 pages.
Median pages
350
134 editions counted
Range
157–716
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
6.7h
at 238 wpm (non-fiction average)
Words (est.)
96k
at 275 words per page
How long will Paradise Lost take you?
Reading time
6 h 44 min
At 30 min a day
14 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.
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 | 420 | 6 | 8 h 05 min |
| Paperback | 348 | 3 | 6 h 42 min |
Editions counted
The 134 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 20 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 396 editions of this work in all languages and formats.
| Year | Publisher | Format | Pages | Open Library |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Oxford University Press | – | 202 | OL23668801M |
| 2008 | Modern Library | – | 433 | OL22550978M |
| 2008 | Regent College Pub. | – | 559 | OL23166722M |
| 2007 | Blackwell Pub. | – | 351 | OL17635187M |
| 2007 | Longman | – | 716 | OL18215860M |
| 2007 | Duquesne University Press | Hardcover | 680 | OL11415653M |
| 2007 | Duquesne Univ Pr | Hardcover | 288 | OL11415648M |
| 2007 | BiblioBazaar | Paperback | 348 | OL11975333M |
| 2007 | Duquesne University Press | Hardcover | 456 | OL11415647M |
| 2006 | Book Sales | Hardcover | 384 | OL8923489M |
| 2006 | Borders Classics | Leather-bound | 383 | OL8823787M |
| 2005 | Dover Publications | – | 465 | OL3311088M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | – | 374 | OL23175735M |
| 2005 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 427 | OL3402603M |
| 2005 | Oxford University Press | – | 374 | OL3392495M |
| 2005 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Hardcover | 496 | OL8870346M |
| 2004 | W.W. Norton | – | 608 | OL22611289M |
| 2004 | Oxford University Press | – | 317 | OL3328429M |
| 2004 | Barnes & Noble Classics | Paperback | 496 | OL8870177M |
| 2003 | Hackett Pub. Co. | – | 324 | OL3578756M |
| 2003 | Penguin Books | – | 453 | OL3702622M |
| 2001 | Signet Classic | – | 360 | OL3949732M |
| 2000 | Penguin Books | – | 453 | OL3965969M |
| 1998 | Cyber Classics | Paperback | 328 | OL8597381M |
| 1998 | Longman | – | 716 | OL702817M |
| 1998 | Penguin Books | – | 320 | OL7357212M |
| 1993 | Macmillan | – | 686 | OL1704719M |
| 1993 | Norton | – | 688 | OL1708418M |
| 1984 | Franklin Library | – | 333 | OL2926114M |
| 1982 | Signet Classic | – | 396 | OL18980198M |
| 1981 | Franklin Library | – | 360 | OL3827998M |
| 1976 | Easton Press | – | 311 | OL17722270M |
| 1976 | Buccaneer Books | – | 280 | OL17619642M |
| 1975 | Cambridge University Press | – | 159 | OL5188489M |
| 1975 | Norton | – | 546 | OL5191981M |
| 1974 | AMS Press | – | 399 | OL5045161M |
| 1973 | Cambridge University Press | – | 189 | OL5304830M |
| 1972 | Macmillan | – | 230 | OL5463253M |
| 1971 | Oxford University Press, USA | – | 206 | OL7399611M |
| 1971 | Longman | – | 649 | OL5329126M |
| 1969 | Modern Library | – | 344 | OL5680343M |
| 1969 | Doubleday | – | 395 | OL19805803M |
| 1969 | International Collectors Library | – | 395 | OL4715953M |
| 1968 | New American Library | – | 396 | OL5609509M |
| 1968 | New American Library | – | 396 | OL23746161M |
| 1965 | Holt, Rinehart and Winston | – | 601 | OL19805862M |
| 1962 | Prentice Hall College Div | – | 324 | OL7265949M |
| 1962 | Oxford University Press | – | 205 | OL16001359M |
| 1962 | Oxford University Press | – | 205 | OL5872850M |
| 1962 | Odyssey Press | – | 324 | OL5851669M |
| 1962 | Collier Books | – | 350 | OL20935789M |
| 1961 | Univerity of London Press | – | 160 | OL15003180M |
| 1961 | New American Library | – | 414 | OL5828990M |
| 1960 | Harrap | – | 172 | OL18997957M |
| 1959 | University Press | – | 172 | OL16001334M |
| 1956 | Harrap | – | 172 | OL17264944M |
| 1956 | Harrap | – | 212 | OL16530851M |
| 1952 | University Press | – | 172 | OL14658872M |
| 1951 | Holt,Rinehart & Winston | – | 601 | OL14881628M |
| 1949 | Pub. by Henry Regnery Co. for the Great books Foundation | – | 314 | OL17780863M |
| 1940 | Heritage Press | – | 311 | OL17838324M |
| 1940 | Heritage Press | – | 311 | OL17721591M |
| 1937 | Printed at the Golden Cockerel Press | – | 378 | OL6191425M |
| 1936 | Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club by John | – | 441 | OL24042014M |
| 1935 | Odyssey Press | – | 422 | OL17768417M |
| 1935 | Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. | – | 412 | OL6324536M |
| 1935 | Odyssey Press | – | 422 | OL17728536M |
| 1931 | University Press | – | 174 | OL16001286M |
| 1926 | Nonesuch Press | – | 359 | OL2813028M |
| 1920 | Cambridge University Press | Hardcover | 240 | OL7716113M |
| 1906 | Liverpool Booksellers Co | – | 397 | OL13872104M |
| 1906 | The Liverpool booksellers' co., limited | – | 397 | OL6544597M |
| 1902 | Doves Press ... | – | 386 | OL18966899M |
| 1901 | Thompson & Thomas | – | 311 | OL20206118M |
| 1900 | C.C. Thompson | – | 311 | OL21258771M |
| 1898 | Harper & Brothers | – | 482 | OL6552396M |
| 1896 | Longmans, Green, and co | – | 199 | OL20465885M |
| 1890 | H. Altemus | – | 319 | OL19805827M |
| 1890 | Donohue, Henneberry | – | 423 | OL6278683M |
| 1883 | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. | – | 329 | OL2263614M |
| 1882 | Cassell, Petter, Galpin | – | 329 | OL19902956M |
| 1880 | Hurst Corp. | – | 291 | OL13549574M |
| 1880 | H. Altemus | – | 319 | OL15036427M |
| 1880 | Houghton, Mifflin and company | – | 409 | OL24133570M |
| 1877 | Elliot Stock | – | 170 | OL19765994M |
| 1877 | J.R. Osgood | – | 331 | OL7203190M |
| 1868 | A. S. Barnes & co. | – | 552 | OL24157924M |
| 1866 | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co. | – | 329 | OL14658813M |
| 1866 | Cassell, Petter, Galpin & co. | – | 329 | OL6551981M |
| 1865 | Bell and Daldy | – | 331 | OL21224269M |
| 1860 | Collier | – | 313 | OL22230095M |
| 1860 | A.S. Barnes & Burr | – | 552 | OL7210997M |
| 1860 | Collier | – | 313 | OL14022842M |
| 1858 | Henry Washbourne & co. | – | 373 | OL14566922M |
| 1858 | H. Washbourne & co. | – | 373 | OL6552370M |
| 1856 | A.S. Barnes | – | 552 | OL7159756M |
| 1855 | Bigot et Voisvenel [etc.] | – | 157 | OL6548893M |
| 1852 | Clark, Austin & co. | – | 283 | OL6406576M |
| 1851 | Baker and Scribner | – | 542 | OL24157830M |
| 1851 | G.S. Appleton | – | 415 | OL7122888M |
| 1850 | Clark, Austin & Co. | – | 321 | OL7180250M |
| 1850 | Baker and Scribner | – | 542 | OL6551982M |
| 1848 | T. Johnson | – | 335 | OL16509265M |
| 1845 | Phillips & Sampson | – | 294 | OL24133158M |
| 1842 | C. Wells | – | 283 | OL17911855M |
| 1842 | C. Wells | – | 283 | OL17640044M |
| 1842 | C. Wells | – | 283 | OL17643467M |
| 1840 | S. Holdsworth | – | 452 | OL16539085M |
| 1826 | T. Bedlington | – | 311 | OL20458778M |
| 1825 | T. Bedlington | – | 294 | OL6922015M |
| 1820 | T. Bedlington | – | 305 | OL24140272M |
| 1819 | B. Warner; Griggs & Co., printers | – | 356 | OL6190853M |
| 1817 | J. Mawman | – | 384 | OL7026285M |
| 1804 | Printed by W. Flint for J. Johnson [etc.] | – | 378 | OL7121637M |
| 1800 | Henry Altemus | – | 319 | OL15173967M |
| 1800 | J.W. Lovell | – | 319 | OL14033608M |
| 1800 | Thompson & Thomas | – | 311 | OL13569207M |
| 1800 | Cassell Publishing Company | – | 311 | OL13542477M |
| 1800 | Cassell & Co. | – | 329 | OL16879444M |
| 1795 | Published as the Act directs, Aug. 1795 by T. Longman [and 2 | – | 382 | OL18636772M |
| 1794 | Printed for J. and H. Richter, by T. Spilsbury | – | 493 | OL14033609M |
| 1770 | Printed for J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, J. and F. Rivington, [e | – | 510 | OL17595148M |
| 1770 | Printed by Robert and Andrew Foulis, printers to the Univers | – | 466 | OL16668459M |
| 1766 | J. and R. Tonson | – | 488 | OL16784092M |
| 1761 | J. Thomson and S. Dampier | – | 320 | OL17759145M |
| 1759 | Printed by J. Baskerville for J. and R. Tonson in London | – | 416 | OL17642892M |
| 1751 | Printed for J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper ... [et al.] | – | 350 | OL17787133M |
| 1732 | J. Tonson [etc.] | – | 399 | OL18842428M |
| 1711 | J. Tonson | – | 376 | OL6494728M |
| 1688 | Printed by Miles Flesher for Jacob Tonson, at the Judge's-He | – | 345 | OL17630148M |
| 1678 | Printed by S. Simmons | – | 331 | OL4954931M |
| 1669 | Printed by S. Simmons, and are to be sold by / T. Helder at | – | 356 | OL6695088M |
| – | Henry Altemus | – | 319 | OL20930645M |
| – | Collier | – | 313 | OL18759539M |
Questions
- How many pages is Paradise Lost?
- About 350 pages: that is the median of 134 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 157 to 716 pages.
- How long does it take to read Paradise Lost?
- About 6 h 44 min at 238 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 14 days.
- How many words is Paradise Lost?
- Roughly 96,000 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)).