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How many pages is Perelandra?

Perelandra by C. S. Lewis has a median of 222 pages across 19 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 222 to 247 pages.

Median pages
222
19 editions counted
Range
190–256
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
3.9h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
61k
at 275 words per page
Book 2 of The Space Trilogy
Series in order

How long will Perelandra 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
3 h 55 min
At 30 min a day
8 days
At 1 hour a day
4 days

Page count of every edition, by year

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

200225250196019801943: 256 pages1943: 256 pages1944: 238 pages1946: 238 pages1948: 256 pages1965: 222 pages1965: 226 pages1968: 222 pages1968: 222 pages1968: 222 pages1970: 256 pages1970: 256 pages1978: 222 pages1983: 205 pages1986: 222 pages1987: 224 pages1990: 222 pages1996: 222 pages1996: 190 pagesmedian 222
200225250196019801943: 256 pages1943: 256 pages1944: 238 pages1946: 238 pages1948: 256 pages1965: 222 pages1965: 226 pages1968: 222 pages1968: 222 pages1968: 222 pages1970: 256 pages1970: 256 pages1978: 222 pages1983: 205 pages1986: 222 pages1987: 224 pages1990: 222 pages1996: 222 pages1996: 190 pagesmedian 222
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 19 editions behind the figures above, newest first. Open Library lists 43 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
1996Scribner Paperback Fiction–222OL973495M
1996Scribner Classics–190OL983048M
1990Macmillan–222OL2194919M
1987ScribnerPaperback224OL9220043M
1986Collier Books–222OL17727661M
1983Pan–205OL14992922M
1978Macmillan–222OL24216467M
1970The Bodley Head–256OL19879616M

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Questions

How many pages is Perelandra?
About 222 pages: that is the median of 19 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 190 to 256 pages.
How long does it take to read Perelandra?
About 3 h 55 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 8 days.
How many words is Perelandra?
Roughly 61,000 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)); Wikidata: part of the series (P179) and series ordinal (Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributors).