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How many pages is Private Peaceful?

Private Peaceful by Michael Morpurgo has a median of 156 pages across 8 English-language print editions with a recorded page count; the middle half of editions run 120 to 204 pages.

Median pages
156
8 editions counted
Range
72–208
shortest to longest edition
Reading time
2.8h
at 260 wpm (fiction average)
Words (est.)
43k
at 275 words per page

How long will Private Peaceful 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
2 h 45 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.

100150200200520072010201220152004: 184 pages2004: 202 pages2005: 128 pages2006: 128 pages2010: 208 pages2012: 96 pages2015: 72 pages2016: 208 pagesmedian 156
1001502002005201020152004: 184 pages2004: 202 pages2005: 128 pages2006: 128 pages2010: 208 pages2012: 96 pages2015: 72 pages2016: 208 pagesmedian 156
Open Library edition records (2026-09-30 dump).

Editions counted

The 8 editions behind the figures above, newest first. 2 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 33 editions of this work in all languages and formats.

YearPublisherFormatPagesOpen Library
2016HarperCollins Publishers Limited–208OL28605637M
2015Concord Theatricals–72OL52543485M
2012Oberon Books, Limited–96OL28497055M
2010HarperCollins Publishers Limited–208OL28485792M
2006HarperCollins Publishers Limited–128OL33369442M
2005HarperCollins Publishers Limited–128OL33351036M
2004Collins–184OL19796411M
2004Scholastic Press–202OL23273124M

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Questions

How many pages is Private Peaceful?
About 156 pages: that is the median of 8 English-language print editions on Open Library. Editions range from 72 to 208 pages.
How long does it take to read Private Peaceful?
About 2 h 45 min at 260 words per minute, assuming 275 words per page. At 30 minutes a day that is 6 days.
How many words is Private Peaceful?
Roughly 43,000 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)).